[B-Greek] position of 'AGGELOS SATANA' AND 'hINA' 2Co 12:7

Oun Kwon kwonbbl at gmail.com
Mon Feb 27 23:14:57 EST 2006


I have a beginner's question on syntax:  Copied the pertinent verses:

2Co 12:07b   DIO hINA MH UPERAIRWMAI EDOQH MOI SKOLOY TH SARKI,
AGGELOS SATANA, hINA ME KOLAFIZHi hINA MH UPERAIRWMAI
2Co 12:08 UPER TOUTOU TRIS TON KURION PAREKALESA hINA APOSTHi AP' EMOU

In verse 7b 'AGGELOS SATANA'  (nominative) seems to me to be the
subject of the verb KOLAFIZHi.  [And, by the way, I learned that it
should be also the subject of the verb APOSTHi in the next verse,
rather than MOI SKOLOY]

The question is its postion coming after MOI SKOLOY TH SARKI. 
Superficially, I thought this makes two phrases appositive, but in
reality, I like to keep a comma after SARKI but remove it after
SATANA.  Also, if possible, I like to move the phrase AGGELOS SATANA
after hHINA. After rewriting, the verse 07b then looks like this:

DIO hINA MH UPERAIRWMAI, EDOQH MOI SKOLOY TH SARKI,
hINA AGGELOS SATANA ME KOLAFIZHi hINA MH UPERAIRWMAI.

I would appreciate if you can give me correction on this line of my thinking.

Oun Kwon.



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