[B-Greek] Acts 22,17;18A

D Jongkind dirk.jongkind at ntlworld.com
Fri Apr 9 07:10:19 EDT 2004


> >EGENETO DE MOI hUPOSTREYANTI EIS IEROUSALHM KAI
> >PROSEUCOMENOU MOU EN TWi hIERWi GENESQAI ME EN
> >EKSTASEI, KAI IDEIN AUTON LEGONTA MOI, SPEUSON KAI
> >EXELQE EN TACEI EX IEROUSALHM,

> Older Attic Greek would have put that genitive absolute into another
> participle in the dative thus: EGENETO DE MOI hUPOYTREYANTI EIS
IEEROUSALHM
> KAI PROSEUCOMENWi EN TWi hIERWi GENESQAI ME EN EKSTASEI KAI IDEIN ...
""And
> it happened to me when I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the
> temple that I came to be in a trance and saw ..."

I am just wondering if Attic Greek would use the construction of EGENETO
with the dative at all, especially in situations as these when the story is
carried forwards "And it happened ..."
[This is a genuine question, as I really don't know].

Regards,
Dirk Jongkind




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