[B-Greek] SOI in Mark 2:18

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Sun Feb 8 21:29:54 EST 2004


At 8:59 PM -0500 2/8/04, <bertdehaan at gosympatico.ca> wrote:
>Mark 2:18 b.
>DIA TI hOI MAQHTAI IWANNOU KAI  hOI MAQHTAI TWN FARISAIWN NHSTEUOUSIN, hOI
>DE SOI MAQHTAI OU NHSTEUOUSIN;
>
>Is SOI 2nd person personal pronoun dat. sg. (disciples to you, ie. your
>disciples) or is it the Nom. pl. masc. modifying MAQHTAI.
>It probably is not a big deal because in both cases it means "your
>disciples", but I am interested in knowing.

It is the pronominal adjective (SOS/SH/SON); the dative of the personal
pronoun would never be used this way as an adnominal modifier.
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Carl W. Conrad
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