[B-Greek] Acts 8.6

Polycarp66 at aol.com Polycarp66 at aol.com
Sun Feb 1 22:56:04 EST 2004


In a message dated 2/1/2004 10:40:03 PM Eastern Standard Time, lhjack at cox.net 
writes:
(EN TWi AKOUEIN AUTOUS KAI BLEPEIN TA SHMEIRA)

Why is AUTOUS not translated here? (I didn't recognize it in the English 
language translations available to me) 

My thoughts were that it might be the subject of the infinitive (referring to 
the Samaritans)?  Or maybe it intensifies the fact that the Samaritans 
*themselves* were hearing and seeing Philip's miracles?  But since it hasn't been 
translated, perhaps neither thought is valid.
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This is an articular infinitive governed by the preposition EN.  As such, it 
takes an accusative subject which is here AUTOUS.  The AUOUS has OXLOI as its 
antecedent.  Sometimes a translation will translate "when they heard" and 
other times they will simply omit the "they" and make the reader refer back to 
OXLOI.

gfsomsel



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