[B-Greek] Matthew 28:19 - antecedent of AUTOUS

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Thu Dec 7 05:30:28 EST 2006


(Moderator's note: This message was submitted in HTML formatting,  
which won't go through our list-processing software. Rather than wait  
for a resubmission in plain-text ASCII, I have re-formatted the  
message and transliterated the Greek text so as to bring it the  
sooner before the list. CWC)
-------------
FORWARDED FOR: "patrick bacon" <baconpatrick at hotmail.com>
Date: December 7, 2006 12:55:21 AM EST

This is my first post to B-Greek.  I have been learning Greek on my  
own since 2003.  I have had no formal training with Greek, though I  
did a year of Latin at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with  
professor David Mulroy (people have alluded to some of his writing  
here).  I enjoy following the B-greek postings.  Now, I finally have  
a question regarding the antecedent for autous in Matthew 28:19:

POREUQENTES OUN MAQHTEUSATE PANTA TA EQNH, BAPTIZONTES AUTOUS ...

Therefore you going make disciples of all the nations, baptizing  
them ...


What is the most reasonable antecedent for the pronoun AUTOUS?  Since  
it is part of a participle phrase I would assume that its agreement  
(number, gender) with its antecedent is not as important(?)  To me,  
it seems "nations" is the most reasonable antecedent, but it does not  
agree in gender or number.

The text book I have been using does not indicate how to handle this.

Thank you,

Patrick Bacon
Milwaukee
--------------

Carl W. Conrad
Co-Chair, B-Greek List
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu or cwconrad2 at mac.com
WWW: http://www.ioa.com/~cwconrad/





More information about the B-Greek mailing list