[B-Greek] noun-pronoun agreement John 16:13

Jeff Smelser jeffsmelser at ntgreek.net
Tue Feb 14 10:01:38 EST 2006


The antecedent of EKEINOS in vs. 13, as also of EKEINOS in vs. 8, is  
PARAKLHTOS in vs 7.

Jeff Smelser
www.ntgreek.net
www.centrevillechurchofchrist.org


Pastor Shawn Ragan wrote:

>hOTAN DE ELQH EKEINOS, TO PNEUMA THS ALHQEIAS...
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>TO PNEUMA is neuter and EKEINOS is masculine...right?
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>I always understood that your noun and pronoun had to agree (case, number, gender), but if EKEINOS is for PNEUMA then they would not seem to match.  I was curious about this.
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>I am not interested in the theological aspect of it, necessarily.  I am wanting to understand the Greek aspect of it.  Is there an exception that makes the rule or am I missing something simple?  Any help would be appreciated.
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>Pastor Shawn Ragan
>Meridian Church of God
>"Building Stronger Families"
>shawn at meridianchurch.org
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