[B-Greek] Matt 16.21 'auton' in the accusative

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Thu Jul 13 10:17:50 EDT 2006


On Jul 13, 2006, at 11:22 AM, John Bayon wrote:

> Can you help with why 'auton' in Matt 16.21 takes the accusative.   
> I do see the complementary 'apelthein' in the clause.  Is 'auton'  
> attached to that infinitive?

Text (please use the standard B-Greek transliteration pattern  
available at the BG home page (http://metalab.unc.edu/bgreek).

Matt. 16:21 APO TOTE HRXATO hO IHSOUS DEIKNUEIN hOTI DEI AUTON EIS  
hIEROSOLUMA APELQEIN KAI POLLA PAQEIN APO TWN PRESBUTERWN KAI  
ARCHIEREWN KAI GRAMMATEWN KAI APOKTANQHNAI KAI THi TRITHi hHMERAi  
EGERQHNAI.

In the hOTI clause DEI takes as its subject the accusative AUTON and  
each of the four infinitives APELQEIN, PAQEIN, APOKTANQHNAI, and  
EGERQHNAI. An infinitive has as its subject (normally) an accusative- 
case form.


Carl W. Conrad
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