[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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