[B-Greek] 2 Thess 3:11, TINAS PERIPATOUNTAS
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Tue Oct 21 12:48:52 EDT 2003
At 11:24 AM -0400 10/21/03, bgreek at ntresources.com wrote:
>I've been contemplating the syntax of 2 Thess. 3 this morning, and am
>somewhat puzzled by TINAS PERIPATOUNTAS in v. 11. How do these words
>function in this sentence? Does TINAS go with the participle (doesn't seem
>quite right) or is it the object of the main verb (AKOUOMEN)? How does the
>participle fit grammatically? (It seems to almost act like a periphrastic
>["some are walking" would make sense here], but without the EIMI--and TINAS
>is acc.)
Text: AKOUOMEN GAR TINAS PERIPATOUNTAS EN hUMIN ATAKTWS MHDEN ERGAZOMENOUS
ALLA PERIERGAZOMENOUS.
Isn't this simply a clause of indirect discourse? With a verb of
perception, indirect discourse is commonly with subject accusative and
participle rather than with subject accusative and infinitive. Of course,
if the unnamed persons walking about were the objects of the hearing, both
would be in the genitive instead, but in this case it is the fact that they
are doing so that Paul/the writer claims to hear.
--
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
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