[B-Greek] Jn. 8:40

Steven Lo Vullo themelios at charter.net
Tue Nov 23 19:18:17 EST 2004


On Nov 23, 2004, at 1:03 PM, Carl W. Conrad wrote:

> NUN DE ZHTEITE ME APOKTEINAI ANQRWPON hOS THN ALHQEIAN hUMIN LELALHKA 
> hHN
> HKOUSA PARA TOU QEOU . . .
>
> What actually are you saying, George? that ANQRWPON is third singular 
> and
> is the real antecedent of hOS? I'd understand ANQRWPON as appositional 
> to
> ME and I'd still understand ME as the antecedent of hOS and the factor
> accounting for the first-person verb LALHKA (as well as HKOUSA). Was it
> some other "person" (ANQRWPOS) hOS LELALHKEN and HKOUSEN? No, I was the
> ANQRWPOS, and it was I who LELALHKA and HKOUSA.

Carl, I agree with you for the most part. But I think ANQRWPON, the 
appositive, is indeed the antecedent of the relative and completes the 
thought ("a man who has told you the truth"). Otherwise ANQRWPON is 
left hanging, making no sense on its own.
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Steven Lo Vullo
Madison, WI




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