[B-Greek] Rev. 22:14
Harold Holmyard
hholmyard at ont.com
Sat Jan 14 18:19:07 EST 2006
Bert de Haan wrote:
MAKARIOI hOI PLUNONTES TAS STOLAS AUTWN, hINA ESTAI hH EXOUSIA AUTWN EPI TO
XULON THS ZWHS...
The first thing that struck me is that hINA is followed by a future verb
form. I understand now that is not that rare. Is there a difference in
meaning if a subjunctive had have been used?
My main question though, is the singular verb.
I take the plural hOI PLUNONTES to be the subject. Is hH EXOUSIA considered
to cover hOI PLUNONTES as a group, and therefore singular? If that is the
case, is the verb singular because the predicate is singular?
HH: The subject is EXOUSIA: "so that their authority will be to the tree of life."
Yours,
Harold Holmyard
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