[B-Greek] Ephesians 2:1 What kind of dative in ONTAS NEKROUS TOIS?
George F Somsel
gfsomsel at yahoo.com
Sat Aug 12 18:18:58 EDT 2006
I'd tend to call it a dative of respect -- being dead with respect to sin.
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William Ross <woundedegomusic at gmail.com> wrote:
The translation "being dead to your trespasses and sins" seems the natural
and Pauline translation of Eph 2:1 rather than "dead IN."
Can someone tell me which locative can be properly invoked to justify the
"in" reading?
Does anyone hold the opinion that the "in" translation is not a legitimate
translation?
My thinking is that the justification that would most likely be offered is
"dative of sphere" or "dative of locative of sphere" (depending on the
classification system subscribed to) but I suppose the justification might
be a true "locative of place."
Here is the passage:
"KAI hUMAS ONTAS NEKROUS TOIS PARAPTWMASIN KAI TAIS hAMARTIAS hUMWN"
Thanks,
William Ross
VGB, Argentina
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