[B-Greek] Acts 15:11, proper rendering: present fact or future reality

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at ioa.com
Mon Nov 21 16:41:58 EST 2005


On Nov 21, 2005, at 3:16 PM, Elizabeth Kline wrote:

>
> 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.

I would have expected you'd spell them out if you grant that they exist.

Would the above suggestions or the "other possibilities" necessarily  
affect the original question asked, namely, whether SWQHNAI need  
refer to a realized fact or a future likelihood? Insofar as SWQHNAI  
depends upon PISTEUOMEN I really don't see any necessity for binding  
the efficacy of SWQHNAI to past or future.

Carl W. Conrad
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