[B-Greek] Acts 16,31

Arie Dirkzwager dirkzwager at pandora.be
Thu Apr 1 06:41:32 EST 2004


Dear Professor Conrad (and others),

I think you are right. The connection between SU and KAI hO OIKOS SOU is
loose.
In my opinion it is loose not only grammatically, but also logically - but
perhaps that was your opinion too.

So Peter says: "If you come to believe, you will be saved, you and (by the
same way) your family (has also the possibility to be saved)".

Arie


Dr. A. Dirkzwager

Hoeselt, Belgium
e-mail dirkzwager at pandora.be

----- Oorspronkelijk bericht -----
Van: "Carl W. Conrad" <cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu>
Aan: "Eddie Mishoe" <edmishoe at yahoo.com>
CC: "B Greek" <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Verzonden: donderdag 1 april 2004 3:27
Onderwerp: Re: [B-Greek] Acts 16,31


> At 5:03 PM -0800 3/31/04, Eddie Mishoe wrote:
> >hOI DE EIPAN, PISTEUSON EPI TON KURION IHSOUN, KAI
> >SWQHSHi SU KAI hO OIKOS SOU
> >
> >SU and hO OIKOS SOU are said to be compound subjects.
> >Is that open for discussion or is it grammatically the
> >only option? As compound subjects, they would both
> >modify the verb PISTEUSON, right? (The reason for this
> >question stems from the non-Greek teachers who say
> >that the jailer alone believed, but his household
> >received salvation based on his belief.)
>
> I wonder if you've been following the discussion on Acts 16:31 earlier
> today--it's all part of the thread you started on Acts 16:32 and 34.
>
> This is not exactly a "compound subject" which would normally, I think,
> call for a plural verb; I'd call KAI hO OIKOS SOU an "add-on
subject"--i.e.
> the predicate is already stated SWQHSHi: "you will be saved"--and then
it's
> clarified by the appended SU KAI hO OIKOS SOU, perhaps to be loosely
> conveyed, "and not only you but your household as well."
> --
>
> Carl W. Conrad
> Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
> 1989 Grindstaff Road/Burnsville, NC 28714/(828) 675-4243
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