[B-Greek] Acts 15.14

CJ Armstrong cjarmstrong at clcs-brea.com
Mon May 16 15:37:18 EDT 2005


Here's one of those "yes, I admit I'm looking for directions that support my
own theological quirks" kinds of questions; yet as it stands, I've no doubt
it falls within the scope of bgreek, so have at.

Acts 15.14: SUMEWN EXHGHSATO KAQWS PRWTON hO QEOS EPESKEYATO LABEIN EX EQNWN
LAON TWi ONOMATI AUTOU.

TWi ONOMATI: for the sake of his name?  For his namesake?  For himself (weak
NIV translation)?  
My desire (against every English translation I've consulted) is agentive:
that he actually LABEINed the LAON from the EQNWN *by his name*.
But thinking about it, koine would probably do that with hUPO plus genitive,
no?
But wouldn't it by the same token probably like a prepositional phrase for
what we'd English as "for the sake of ..."?
I admit I've not done the research yet, nor searched the archives, so if I'm
rehashing anything boring, sorry.  But if it's chew-on-able, I'd appreciate
any thoughts.

All best,

CJ Armstrong



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