[B-Greek] Acts 2:29a

George F. Somsel gfsomsel at juno.com
Tue Sep 14 23:54:26 EDT 2004


On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 19:13:38 -0700 (PDT) Mitch Larramore
<mitchlarramore at yahoo.com> writes:
> 
> ANDRES ADELFOI, EXON EIPEIN META PARRHSIAS PROS hUMAS
> PERI TOU PATRIARCOU DAUID.....
> 
> Which of the following options is acceptable Greek:
> 
> 1. EXON is Imperatival Participle by itself "Permit
> (me) to speak..." 
> 
> 2. For EXON to be Imperatival, assume ESTW is omitted
> from ESTW EXON (Permit me to speak...)
> 
> 3. What is the sense if ESTIN is assumed omitted (May
> I speak?...)
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Once again I will repeat.  The lexicon is a good place to start.  BGAD
has

4. The ptc. of E. is ECON; by the addition of the copula, which, however,
must oft. be understood (Ac 2:29; 2 Cor 12:4, as Isaeus 6, 50; Jos., Ant.
8, 404), **** it comes to mean the same as ECESTIN:**** E. (ESTIN) w.
pres. inf. foll. ISm 8:2; w. aor. inf. foll. Ac 2:29; foll. by dat. of
the pers. and aor. inf. (Esth 4:2; Jos., Ant. 20, 202)Mt 12:4. W. dat.,
and inf. to be supplied MH EINAI E. AUTWi he had no authority MPol 12:2.
M-M. B. 647.* 

Note the starred section.  There is no need to resort to an "imperatival
participle."  All it simply means is "It is permitted / possible /
proper" to speak" with EIPEIN being the subject of the impersonal verb.

If you don't already have one, get a good lexicon.  In NT studies THIS
MEANS get BDAG.  Go, sell your first-born child and buy one.

george
gfsomsel


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