[B-Greek] Women or Wives in Acts 21:5

Mark Wutka mark at wutka.com
Wed Sep 22 12:53:43 EDT 2004


I was wondering about this portion of Acts 21:5
   PANTWN SUN GUNAIXI KAI TEKNOIS

Most of the translations I have seen translate this as something like:
"All of them, with their wives and children"

I am still a "little Greek", and to me this looks like it could be also
be translated as "all of them, along with women and children" or maybe
"including women and children". 

It's really the "their" in the translations that I am wondering about.
Is there something here that indicates possession?  The closest thing I
can find is that in LSJ (on Perseus), there is one definition of SUN
that is "of things that belong, or are attached, to a person". 

I also tried searching other texts and I see that "SUN GUNAIXI KAI
TEKNOIS" in two of Josephus' works is translated as "with their wives and
children" as well. 

Thank you,
  Mark Wutka



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