[B-Greek] Prepositions plus Infinitives

Mitch Larramore mitchlarramore at yahoo.com
Sun Sep 18 10:09:13 EDT 2005


Matt. 26:2 contains

KAI hO hUIOS TOU ANQRWPOU PARADIDOTAI EIS TO
STAURWQHNAI

I am wondering what the correct terminology is for
infinitive phrases like this one. In this example, is
EIS called a "preposition"? And is the infinitive the
"object" of the preposition? (Since many content that
prepositions were adverbs originally, I was wondering
if it is proper to say, in this instance, that EIS is
an adverb, functioning as purpose or result.)

The sources I have read show EIS with TO, as in EIS TO
+ infinitive, rather than EIS + TO infinitive. Any
reason for this? I thought the article went with the infinitive.

Mitch Larramore
Sugar Land, Texas


		
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