[B-Greek] Temporal Sequence in Acts 16:6-7
Elizabeth Kline
kline_dekooning at earthlink.net
Thu Aug 24 16:07:15 EDT 2006
NA26/UBS3
ACTS 16:6 DIHLQON DE THN FRUGIAN KAI GALATIKHN CWRAN KWLUQENTES hUPO
TOU hAGIOU PNEUMATOS LALHSAI TON LOGON EN THi ASIAi: 7 ELQONTES DE
KATA THN MUSIAN EPEIRAZON EIS THN BIQUNIAN POREUQHNAI, KAI OUK EIASEN
AUTOUS TO PNEUMA IHSOU:
Robinson-Pierpont (Byzantine Textform)
ACTS 16:6 DIELQONTES DE THN FRUGIAN KAI THN GALATIKHN CWRAN
KWLUQENTES UPO TOU AGIOU PNEUMATOS LALHSAI TON LOGON EN TH ASIA 7
ELQONTES KATA THN MUSIAN EPEIRAZON KATA THN BIQUNIAN POREUESQAI KAI
OUK EIASEN AUTOUS TO PNEUMA
Barrett (Acts ICC p.768) suggests that the sequence of events in Acts
16:6-7 is the same as the sequence of the participles and finite
verbs. He claims that Luke alternated finite verbs with participles
to break up the monotony in long sentences. Thus DIHLQON DE THN
FRUGIAN KAI GALATIKHN CWRAN takes place before KWLUQENTES hUPO TOU
hAGIOU PNEUMATOS LALHSAI ... . He notes that the normal syntax of
the aorist participle would reverse this order and that the Byzantine
Text reads DIELQONTES for DIHLQON and would permit the alternative
order.
The notion that finite verbs can be alternated with participles for
reasons other than syntax, what about this, can we tolerate this sort
of looseness in Luke's narrative?
Elizabeth Kline
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