[B-Greek] Phil. 1:27-28

Jody Barnard jbnard at yahoo.co.uk
Sat May 15 07:40:24 EDT 2004


Dear b-greekers, I am currently working through
Mounce’s graded reader and my question concerns the
following passage:

. . . AKOUW TA PERI hUMWN, hOTI STHKETE EN hENI
PNEUMATI, MIAi PSUCHi SUNAQLOUNTES THi PISTEI TOU
EUAGGELIOU KAI MH PTUROMENOI EN MHDENI hUPO TWN
ANTIKEIMWN, hHTIS ESTIN AUTOIS ENDEIXIS APWLEIAS,
hUMWN DE SWTHRIAS . . .

What is the antecedent of hHTIS? 
Some suggest it is THi PISTEI, that is the gospel,
which seems to make sense to me, but others suggest it
has a wider application and refers to the entire
preceding clause. Why do they say this and to what
extent could hHTIS refer the preceding clause? 

Leading on from that, how common is it for a relative
pronoun to refer back to an entire clause rather than
a single word and are there any rules/indicators,
other than context, that help clarify the referent of
a relative pronoun?

Jody Barnard
England



	
	
		
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