[B-Greek] Acts 24:1-2

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Fri Mar 17 00:04:18 EST 2006


On 16 Mar 2006 at 22:01, Richard Lindeman wrote:

> Acts 24:1-2 ENEFANISAN TW hHGEMONI KATA TOU PAULOU KLHQENTOS DE AUTOU
> HRXATO KATHGOREIN hO TERTULLOS LEGWN
> 
> 
> 
> "They informed the governor against Paul. And when he was called,
> Tertullus began to accuse, saying"
> 
> 
> 
> Why does this construction seem so awkward to me?
> 
> I want to say that PAULOU is the antecedent of AUTOU because it is in
> agreement, but is it possible that hO TERTULLOS is the antecedent?
> 
> And why is TERTULLOS in the nominative case here when it is the
> subject of the infinitive? 
> 
> 
Look again, and I think you will find that 	TERTULLOS is not the subject of the 
infinitive but of HRXATO.

B. D. Colt, babc2 at comcast.net




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