[B-Greek] Heb. 10:22 -- Perf. Pass. Ptcs & Accusatives

A. Philip Brown II pbrown at GBS.EDU
Mon May 17 16:32:55 EDT 2004


Chairein,

Hebrews 10:22 reads "PROSERCWMEQA META ALHQINHS KARDIAS EN PLHROFORIAi
PISTEWS hRERANTISMENOI TAS KARDIAS APO SUNEIDHSEWS PONHRAS KAI LELOUSMENOI
TO SWMA hUDATI KAQARWi"

I was working through this with my 2nd year Greek students and was a bit
puzzled by the the phrases
hRERANTISMENOI TAS KARDIAS
LELOUSMENOI TO SWMA

I took the participles as middles and the Accusatives as direct objects.
My students took them as passives and the accusatives as accusatives of
reference. They thought it strange to view hRERANTISMENOI TAS KARDIAS APO
SUNEIDHSEWS PONHRAS as something we do to ourselves.

BDAG parses both as middles, giving the sense of hRERANTISMENOI TAS KARDIAS
APO SUNEIDHSEWS PONHRAS as "after we have purified our hearts of an evil
conscience."

I wasn't sure how to defend my analysis (apart from bald appeal to
authority).

Any suggestions would be welcome.

Philip Brown
Cincinnati, OH




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