[B-Greek] Romans 7:19 Iterative Presents

Elizabeth Kline kline_dekooning at earthlink.net
Wed Aug 23 14:50:06 EDT 2006


On Aug 23, 2006, at 10:49 AM, Jason Hare wrote:

> ου γαρ ο θελω ποιω αγαθον, αλλα ο ου  
> θελω κακον τουτο πρασσω.
> OU GAR hO QELW POIW AGAQON, ALLA hO OU QELW KAKON TOUTO PRASSW.
>
> I do not know if KAKON TOUTO should be taken as one noun phrase, or if
> TOUTO should be understood separately as an emphatic ...

ROM. 7:19 repeats the thought in ROM. 7:15.


ROM. 7:15 hO GAR KATERGAZOMAI OU GINWSKW: OU GAR hO QELW TOUTO  
PRASSW, ALL' hO MISW TOUTO POIW.
ROM. 7:19 OU GAR hO QELW POIW AGAQON, ALLA hO OU QELW KAKON TOUTO  
PRASSW.

Perhaps hO is cataphoric pointing to KAKON and TOUTO is the object of  
PRASSW.


Elizabeth Kline







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