[B-Greek] Acts 22,6 con't Adverbial vs Adjectival ptcs

Eddie Mishoe edmishoe at yahoo.com
Sun Apr 11 09:56:34 EDT 2004


EGENETO DE MOI POREUMENWi KAI ENNIZONTI THi DAMSKWi
PERI MESHMBRIAN EXAIFHNS EK TOU OURANOU PERIASTRAYAI
FWS hIKANON PERI EME

22:6 As I was en route and near Damascus, about noon a
very bright light from heaven suddenly flashed around
me. (NET Bible)

As I was on my way and nearing Damascus at about noon,
a bright light from the sky suddenly flashed around
me. (Culy/Parsons)

Assuming POREUMENWi KAI ENNIZONTI are adjectival
(attributive) participles, is the following
translation closer to the Greek? :

At about noon, it happened that a bright light from
the sky suddenly flashed around me, (namely) the one
en route and the one nearing Damascus.

I have replaced (namely) with something like (while I
was) to avoid an adverbial/temporal sense and
connection. But, my question is, what is the semantic
difference that the Greeks were trying to portray
between Adverbial and Adjectival participles. This
adjectival usage seems to blur the distinction in my
mind. (Perhaps the Greeks didn't think in "smooth
temporal connections" like the English language demands.)

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Eddie Mishoe
Pastor

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