[B-Greek] Actes 10: 39 syntax around the passion of Christ

Sonny FROMMELT ovadyahf at hotmail.com
Wed Apr 21 06:12:50 EDT 2004


Actes 10: 39
*We* also are witnesses of all things which he did both in the country of 
the Jews and in Jerusalem; whom THEY ALSO SLEW, having hanged him on a 
cross.
greek :
en te chora ton youdaion kai Ierusalem on kai aneilan kremasantes epi xylou

  To which "THEY ALSO SLEW" it is attached?  I do not believe in a single 
culpability of the Jewish people being me even Messianic.  I think that the 
"they" can be not defines as "one made".  Moreover, John Darby, in his 
French translation cuts the text like this:

(et nous, nous sommes témoins de toutes les choses qu'il a faites, au pays 
des Juifs et à Jérusalem;) lequel aussi ils ont fait mourir, le pendant au 
bois;

as for saying in English:

(We* also are witnesses of all things which he did both in the country of 
the Jews and in Jerusalem); whom THEY ALSO SLEW, having hanged him on a 
cross.

Is this correct with respect to syntax?
Thanks

In Bible on line on this verse :

{And we are witnesses} (|kai hêmeis martures|). Compare "ye yourselves know" 
(verse #37). Peter thus appeals to what the audience know and to what the 
disciples know. He made the same claim about personal witnesses of the 
Resurrection of Jesus at Pentecost (#2:32). Here Peter affirms full 
knowledge of the work of Jesus in Judea (for whole country including Galilee 
and Perea) and Jerusalem (given mainly in John's Gospel). In the Greek |hôn
(which) is attracted into the genitive case to agree with the antecedent 
|pantôn| (all), a common enough idiom. {Whom also they slew} (|hon kai 
aneilan|). Second aorist active indicative of |anaireô| with |a| as often in 
Acts (#2:23; 5:30). But note |kai| (also) in the old MSS., not in the Textus 
Receptus. They "also" slew him, went that far, "this crowning atrocity" 
(Vincent), |kai| could here be "even." {Hanging him on a tree} (|kremasantes 
epi xulou|). This same expression used by Peter in #5:30 which see for 
discussion.

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