[B-Greek] Acts 21,34

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Thu Apr 8 22:11:12 EDT 2004


At 6:47 PM -0700 4/8/04, Eddie Mishoe wrote:
>MH DUNAMENOU DE AUTOU GNWNAI TO ASFALES DIA TON
>QORUBON EKELEUSEN AGESQAI AUTON EIS THN PAREMBOLHN
>
>Culy/Parsons note the unique "Genitive Absolute" here
>(same subject as main clause). Why could this not be
>considered some kind of (non-absolute) genitival
>clause modifying EKELEUSEN? Something like, "since he
>was unable to .... he commanded..."

Because the participle would have to be in the nominative to agree with the
implicit masculine singular nominative subject: MH DUNAMENOS GNWNAI TO
ASFALES ... EKELEUSEN. That would in fact have been a more normal Greek
formulation here where AUTOU refers to the same person who is the subject
of EKELEUSEN.
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Carl W. Conrad
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