[B-Greek] infinitive in col. 1:10

Eddie Mishoe edmishoe at yahoo.com
Fri Oct 7 09:18:07 EDT 2005


Brandt:

You are correct; the participles modify the
infinitive. I can't imagine Wallace teaching such a
thing.

Eddie Mishoe

--- brandt ketterer <brandtketterer at yahoo.com> wrote:

> my question has to do with the four participles in
> verses 10-12 of col. 1-- KARPOFOROUNTES,
> AUXANOMENOI,
> DUNAMOUMENOI, and EUCARISTOUNTES. i am a little
> confused about which verb they are modifying (i am
> assuming here that they all modify the same verb). 
> i
> originally thought they were pointing to the
> infinitive PERIPATHSAI (describing HOW we can walk
> worthily), and that seemed fine to me until i
> noticed
> in wallace that some classifications of adverbial
> participles only modify finite verbs.  i thought
> originally that they were either manner or means
> participles modifying PERIPATHSAI, but both of those
> classifications require a finite verb. am i
> misunderstanding something in wallace? my first
> impression still seems to be the most logical.  any
> help here would be appreciated. thanks,
> brandt ketterer 
> 
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