[B-Greek] Colossians 1:7
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Fri Mar 3 16:38:05 EST 2006
On Mar 3, 2006, at 4:05 PM, Jesse Barnum wrote:
> I am having a hard time understanding the relative clause in the
> latter part
> of Colossians 1:7. Particularly, how do PISTOS and DIAKONOS TOU
> XRISTOU
> function within the clause? Is PISTOS attributive in relation to
> DIAKONOS
> TOU XRISTOU (even though they are separated), or is it a predicate
> adj. in
> relation to hOS, or is there some kind of nominative hokus pokus
> going on
> that I don't know about?
Text: KAQWS EMAQETE APO EPAFRA TOU AGAPHTOU SUNDOULOU hHMWN, hOS
ESTIN PISTOS hUPER hUMWN DIAKONOS TOU CRISTOU.
Yes, I would understand PISTOS as atrributive to DIAKONOS TOU
CRISTOU. But DIAKONOS itself is a predicate noun to hOS, the subject;
"who is a faithful/trustworthy servant of Christ on your behalf."
hUPER hUMWN qualifies PISTOS, but PISTOS is nevertheless attributive
to DIAKONOS, which is predicate word to the relative-pronoun subject.
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
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