[B-Greek] Romans 16:12 'and of myself'

D Jongkind dj214 at cam.ac.uk
Tue Aug 24 12:22:34 EDT 2004


Romans 16:2  
KAI GAR AUTH PROSTATIS POLLWN EGENQH KAI EMOU AUTOU

As the text stands, Paul puts a heavy emphasis on the fact that Phoebe 
was a PROSTATIS of his. It may be just me, but EMOU AUTOU does not look 
as a standard phrase.

My question, however, is it possible to make sense of these two variant 
readings:
KAI GAR AUTH PROSTATIS POLLWN EGENQH KAI EMOU KAI AUTOU

KAI GAR AUTH PROSTATIS POLLWN EGENQH KAI EMOU TE AUTOU

Is there an idiomatic usage 'of me and his' meaning something like 
'everyone'?

Many thanks,
Dirk Jongkind



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