[B-Greek] PAREIXETO in Acts 19:24
bertdehaan at gosympatico.ca
bertdehaan at gosympatico.ca
Sat Oct 11 19:43:18 EDT 2003
Acts 19;24 reads DHMHTRIOS YAR TIS ONOMATI, ARYUROKOPOS, POIWN VAOUS ARYUROUS ARTEMIDOS PAREIXETO TOIS TEXNITAIS OUK OLIGHN ERGASIAN.
What is the meaning here of the imperfect middle PAREIXETO.
The Shorter Lexicon of the Greek New Testament (Gingrich and Danker)says about this, citing this verse ; "Get for oneself".
I don't know how this makes sense in this verse, unless it indicates that Demetrius is also benefiting from the business he brought to the craftsmen. Even in this case the sentence does not make sense using "was getting for himself".
(I suspect the answer may be in Carl's paper concerning Voice in the Greek verbs... Is it?)
Thank you.
Bert de Haan.
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