[B-Greek] Suppressed agent

Mitch Larramore mitchlarramore at yahoo.com
Sat May 6 23:12:10 EDT 2006


As a follow up to the recent discussion of Active
verbs with suppressed agent, here is a command issued
in the 2nd person, called by some a Causitive Active,
but again has a suppressed, remote agent(s).
Apparently while Pilate was having the inscription
written to place it on the cross, the Jews issue a
command to him: MH GRAFE.

Here again we have a suppressed agent as part of a
Causitive Active verb. Pilate is instructing
underlings to write an inscription for the cross of
the king of the Jews. The Jews protest and command him
not to (write) have written "king of the Jews." Pilate
is having the agents actually write the insciption (so
most commentaries). How does this example further
inform us on how 'suppressed agents' are to be understood?

Mitch Larramore
Sugar Land, Texas

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