[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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