[B-Greek] Acts 5.18 and 4:3

Albert Pietersma albert.pietersma at sympatico.ca
Sun Dec 31 11:42:12 EST 2006


I must confess not having followed the prominence debate, but methinks 
you go much too far, George,  in your claim that DHMOSIAi MUST be 
adverbial in Acts 5:18.  You have in view four instances in the NT and 
three in the LXX—a total of seven. Given the fact that DHMOSIOS occurs 
hundreds of times in Greek literature down to the turning of the era, 
and given the fact that DHMOSIAi (in public) regularly contrasts with 
IDIAi (in private) it stands to reason that DHMOSIAi is most often 
adverbial. But that scarcely means that it ceases to be adjectival.
Al
On Dec 31, 2006, at 9:00 AM, George F Somsel wrote:

> While it may be true that the majority of commentators and translators 
> have taken DHMOSIAi here to be adjectival, this runs counter to its 
> usage elsewhere.  I have yet to see an instance where the f dat sg of 
> DHMOSIOS is an adjective.
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