[B-Greek] Acts 17:16 QEWROUNTOS/QEWROUNTI
Elizabeth Kline
kline_dekooning at earthlink.net
Sun Oct 15 13:46:20 EDT 2006
Iver,
Thank you for the lucid analysis.
ACTS 17:16 EN DE TAIS AQHNAIS EKDECOMENOU AUTOUS TOU PAULOU
PARWXUNETO TO PNEUMA AUTOU EN AUTWi QEWROUNTOS KATEIDWLON OUSAN THN
POLIN.
RE: QEWROUNTOS KATEIDWLON OUSAN THN POLIN
>
> I would agree with Barret that this is best seen as a conjunctive
> participle clause rather than a genitive absolute,
> because it follows the main clause, because it can readily be
> attached to AUTOU (Paul), and because it parallels the
> alternative reading with a dative conjunctive participle.
Pasons and Culy state:
"The use of genitive absolute is necessitated by the syntactic shift
in subject from 'his spirit' to 'him.'"
I am also inclined to go with Barrett on this one.
Elizabeth Kline
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