[B-Greek] DIAPONHQEIS ... KAI EPISTREYAS Acts 16:18

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Mon Sep 11 15:29:59 EDT 2006


On Sep 11, 2006, at 2:05 PM, George F Somsel wrote:

> It appears to me that it is simply attendant circumstance --  
> certainly not purpose.

I don't think anyone suggested PURPOSE -- CAUSE was suggested.
  I would agree with Elizabeth here against Culy and Parsons. I think  
the two aorist
participles and the aorist indicative could be understood as  
sequential, "Paul was
disturbed and he turned back and spoke to the spirit, ... " Call them  
participles of "
attendant circumstance," if it pleases you, but it's perfectly clear  
that Paul's behavior
is occasioned by his reaction to the behavior of the demoniac slave- 
girl.

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> Elizabeth Kline <kline_dekooning at earthlink.net> wrote:
>   ACTS 16:16 EGENETO DE POREUOMENWN hHMWN EIS THN PROSEUCHN PAIDISKHN
> TINA ECOUSAN PNEUMA PUQWNA hUPANTHSAI hHMIN, hHTIS ERGASIAN POLLHN
> PAREICEN TOIS KURIOIS AUTHS MANTEUOMENH. 17 hAUTH KATAKOLOUQOUSA TWi
> PAULWi KAI hHMIN EKRAZEN LEGOUSA: hOUTOI hOI ANQRWPOI DOULOI TOU QEOU
> TOU hUYISTOU EISIN, hOITINES KATAGGELLOUSIN hUMIN hODON SWTHRIAS. 18
> TOUTO DE EPOIEI EPI POLLAS hHMERAS. DIAPONHQEIS DE PAULOS KAI
> EPISTREYAS TWi PNEUMATI EIPEN: PARAGGELLW SOI EN ONOMATI IHSOU
> CRISTOU EXELQEIN AP' AUTHS: KAI EXHLQEN AUTHi THi hWRAi.
>
> Parsons/Culy (Acts Handbook) argue that the function of DIAPONHQEIS
> in Acts 16:18 cannot be causal because it is linked to EPISTREYAS
> which is not causal. This may have the support of greek syntax
> according to the rules but semantically it is counter intuitive.
> There appears to be an obvious cause and effect relationship between
> DIAPONHQEIS and Paul's subsequent action.
>
>
> Elizabeth Kline
>
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Carl W. Conrad
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