[B-Greek] Acts 7:3
George F Somsel
gfsomsel at juno.com
Tue Mar 1 01:48:45 EST 2005
On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 21:44:23 -0800 "Barbara D. Colt " <babc2 at comcast.net>
writes:
> Acts 7:3
>
> KAI EIPEN PROS AUTON: EXELQE EK THS GHS SOU KAI (EK) THS
> SUGGENEIAS SOU, KAI DEURO EIS EHN GEN hHN AN SOI DEIXW.
>
> Can someone clarify for me the weight and significance of "AN" here?
> I
> gather that the word is not usually translated, yet it seems that it
> ought
> to serve some purpose in the sentence.
>
> 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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It makes the hHN . . . SOI DEICW somewhat indefinite or unspecified --
"whatever" or "whichever" rather than "which." In other words, he's not
told specifically where he's going.
george
gfsomsel
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