[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
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> "They informed the governor against Paul. And when he was called,
> Tertullus began to accuse, saying"
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> Why does this construction seem so awkward to me?
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> 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?
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> And why is TERTULLOS in the nominative case here when it is the
> subject of the infinitive?
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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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