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

John Bayon jbayonjr at sbcglobal.net
Thu Jul 13 11:52:44 EDT 2006


Thanks Carl, that does clear up my confusion.  I don't post here enough to 
be up on the Greek protocol, so I will try to follow form in the future.

John

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carl W. Conrad" <cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu>
To: "John Bayon" <jbayonjr at sbcglobal.net>
Cc: <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 9:17 AM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Matt 16.21 'auton' in the accusative


>
> 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
> Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
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