[B-Greek] Jn. 8:40

Minton, Ron rminton at bible.edu
Tue Nov 23 11:08:11 EST 2004


But what is the grammatical term for the nom masc sing taking a third person
verb instead of a first person verb?

Ron Minton

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On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 10:48:58 -0500 "Minton, Ron" <rminton at bible.edu>
writes:
> What is the Greek construction called in John 8:40 when the relative 
> pronoun hos seems to be the subject of the verb I speak?  It would seem
that a third singular verb should be found, but we find a first person.
> Does anyone have additional examples of this?
> 
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TEXT: 
NUN DE ZHTEITE ME APOKTEINAI ANQRWPON hOS THN ALHQEIAN hUMIN LELALHKA hHN
HKOUSA PARA TOU QEOU . . .

It's a relative clause describing  ANQRWPON which in turn is in
apposition to ME which is the object of the inf APOKTEINAI.
george
gfsomsel



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