[B-Greek] Acts 15:11, proper rendering: present fact or future reality
Elizabeth Kline
kline-dekooning at earthlink.net
Mon Nov 21 15:16:52 EST 2005
On Nov 21, 2005, at 12:02 PM, Elizabeth Kline wrote:
> On Nov 21, 2005, at 11:27 AM, mike karoules wrote:
>
>> Acts 15:11 - ALLA DIA THS XARITOS TOU KURIOU IHSOU PISTEUOMEN
>> SWQHNAI KAQ ON TROPON KAKEINOI.
>
> One way to read the semantic value of SWQHNAI here is RESULT with DIA
> THS XARITOS TOU KURIOU IHSOU functioning adverbially limiting SWQHNAI.
>
Perhaps a better proposal is to read PISTEUOMEN SWQHNAI as a
periphrastic construction with with DIA THS XARITOS TOU KURIOU IHSOU
functioning adverbially.
The syntax suggests other possibilities as well.
Elizabeth Kline
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