[B-Greek] Acts 1:5

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Tue Mar 2 14:34:34 EST 2004


At 11:24 AM -0800 3/2/04, Mitch Larramore wrote:
>hOTI IWANNHS MEN EBAPTISEN hUDATI, hUMEIS DE EN
>PNEUMATI BAPTISQHSESQE hAGIWi OU META POLLAS TAUTAS
>hHMERAS
>
>Why is the prepositional phrase (EN PNEUMATI hAGIWi)
>interupted with the verb BAPTISQHSESQE?

Probably a matter of emphasizing the contrast between John's water-baptism
and the spirit-baptism to be experienced by those addressed here; then OU
META POLLAS TAUTAS hHMERAS serves almost as a parenthetical adverbial
additive: "and that not very long hence!"
-- 

Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
1989 Grindstaff Road/Burnsville, NC 28714/(828) 675-4243
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
WWW: http://www.ioa.com/~cwconrad/



More information about the B-Greek mailing list