[B-Greek] DIAPONHQEIS ... KAI EPISTREYAS Acts 16:18
George F Somsel
gfsomsel at yahoo.com
Mon Sep 11 15:45:32 EDT 2006
Certainly it's perfectly clear what occasions his action. My point is that it is not indicated by the syntax. If you think it is, show me what features would point this out. I'm saying that it is rhetorically achieved by the simple juxtaposition of the events.
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"Carl W. Conrad" <cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu> wrote:
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 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.
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>
> Elizabeth Kline
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Carl W. Conrad
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