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

Pastor Shawn Ragan shawn at meridianchurch.org
Tue Feb 14 10:06:08 EST 2006


Thanks,  I guess I should have read more of the passage first.

Pastor Shawn Ragan
Meridian Church of God
"Building Stronger Families"
shawn at meridianchurch.org

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Smelser" <jeffsmelser at ntgreek.net>
To: <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Cc: "Pastor Shawn Ragan" <shawn at meridianchurch.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 8:01 AM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] noun-pronoun agreement John 16:13


> The antecedent of EKEINOS in vs. 13, as also of EKEINOS in vs. 8, is 
> PARAKLHTOS in vs 7.
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> Jeff Smelser
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> Pastor Shawn Ragan wrote:
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>>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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