[B-Greek] ACTS 18:18 TOIS ADELFOIS

Barry nebarry at verizon.net
Mon Dec 25 08:20:05 EST 2006


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From: "Carl W. Conrad" <cwconrad2 at mac.com>
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Subject: Re: [B-Greek] ACTS 18:18 TOIS ADELFOIS


> By that I suppose you mean (2) above, the construction of TOIS ADELFOIS 
> with APOTAXAMENOS. I don't think it can be demonstrated conclusively. It 
> has been shown that both PROSMENW and APOSTASSOMAI are commonly used as 
> intransitive verbs construing with datives of the person(s) attended or 
> bidden farewell. The ultimate question in this thread has become whether 
> WORD-ORDER resolves that question. But it cannot, if there is no consensus 
> regarding word-order.
>

Well, both PROSMENW and APOTASSOMAI can take the dative.  I think this 
really becomes a usage debate: do we have examples of APOTASSOMAI or 
PROSMENW being used absolutely without a dative complement?  If word order 
really is something which is stylistically peculiar to each author, as I 
have suggested, then does Luke normally use the dative preceding or 
following?  In this case, the placement of hHMERAS hIKANAS might be 
significant, and would tend to lead the reader to take the dative with 
APOTASSOMAI.

N.E. Barry Hofstetter
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