[B-Greek] 1 Cor 10:13 humas
Harold Holmyard
hholmyard at ont.com
Fri May 5 18:04:45 EDT 2006
Brian Wright wrote:
>Greetings to all! I was on this list previously, but
>due to computer problems I was off for quite some
>time. I have been self-studying for a couple of years
>and it has been slow going (steady, progressive, but
>SLOW!).
>
>I wanted to get some feedback on a question I have
>been wondering about specifically related to 1 Cor
>10:13, but I'm sure has a much broader scope. It has
>to do with the use of 'humas' (and associated 2nd
>person plural verbs). Is there anything more to
>'humas' than simply 'you' in the plural? Does it
>convey a sense of community and not just a collection
>of individuals? That is, could it mean 'all of you in
>community' are able to resist temptation as opposed to
>'all of you individually' can resist temptation?
>
>Or is this asking too much of a pronoun?
>
>
Yes, this is asking too much of a pronoun unless other words in the
context specified such a meaning.
Yours,
Harold Holmyard
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