[B-Greek] ESTIN at Matthew 1:20
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Sun May 28 11:49:48 EDT 2006
On May 28, 2006, at 8:57 AM, Awohili at aol.com wrote:
> There is a construction for "Holy Spirit" at the latter part of
> Matthew 1:20
> that apparently is found nowhere else in the NT:
>
> TO GAR EN AUTHi GENNHQEN EK PNEUMATOS ESTIN AGIOU.
>
> This is universally translated along the lines of "That which is
> conceived
> in her is of the Holy Spirit." However, nowhere else in the NT
> does ESTIN
> come between the words for Holy Spirit. Should we see here "Spirit
> [which] is
> holy" = Holy Spirit?
>
> What prevents this from being translated as "That which is
> conceived of her
> by the Spirit is holy," i.e., the Child is holy? Other than the
> fact that no
> one else has ever translated it that way?
George has already explained why your suggestion can't work with the
text we have. I would just add that, although the configuration EK
PNEUMATOS ESTIN hAGIOU with the verb EINAI intervening between the
noun PNEUMATOS and the adjective hAGIOU is rare, there is at least
one other instance of it in the GNT:
Lk 2:25 ... KAI PNEUMA HN hAGION EP' AUTON.
Carl W. Conrad
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