[B-Greek] 1 Cor 16:19
Kevin W. Woodruff
cierpke at prodigy.net
Fri Oct 15 09:26:14 EDT 2004
Barbara:
Wallace says in his grammar:
When two subjects, each in the singular, are joined by
a conjunction, the verb is usually in the plural
(e.g., in Acts 15:35 we read: [Paul and Barnabas were
staying in Antioch]). However, when an author wants to
highlight one of the subjects, the verb is put in the
singular. (This even occurs when one of the subjects
is in the plural.) The first-named subject is the one
being stressed in such instances.
This kind of construction occurs frequently enough, as
we might have expected, when Jesus and his disciples
is the compound subject. It is almost as if the
disciples are merely tagging along while all of the
action centers on Jesus.
Wallace, Daniel B., Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics -
Exegetical Syntax of the New Testament, (Garland, TX:
Galaxie Software) 1999, c1996. pg. 401
Kevin
--- "Barbara D. Colt " <babc2 at comcast.net> wrote:
> 1 Cor 16:19. ASPAZONTAI hUMAS hAI EKKLESIAI THS
> ASIAS. ASPAZETAI
> hUMAS EN KYRIW POLLA AKULAS KAI PRISKA SUN TH KAT'
> OIKON AUTON EKKLESIA.
>
> What's bothering me here is "aspazetai." Since
> there are two persons who
> are greeting, why is the verb singular? After all,
> they are not neuter
> surely.
>
> Barbara D. Colt, mailto:babc2 at comcast.net
> St John the Evangelist, San Francisco
> >From envy, hatred, and malice and all
> uncharitableness
> Good Lord, deliver us.
>
>
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