[B-Greek] John 3:19 strange word order?
kgraham0938 at comcast.net
kgraham0938 at comcast.net
Mon Aug 20 23:35:38 EDT 2007
Hey Bert. Well I can see your why you would struggle with this. PONHPA is in the first predicate position. Which is adjective-article-noun, the second predicate position would be article-noun-adjective. Since this is in the predicate position it should be "the works are evil." The genitve being in front TA ERGA is not uncommon in Greek. But the thing that I would be careful of is that even though HN here is singular; neuter plurals can take singular verbs.
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Kelton Graham
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From: "Bert de Haan" <b_dehaan at sympatico.ca>
> John 3:19 is as follows: hAUTE DE ESTIN hH KRISIS TO FWS ELHLUQEN EIS TON
> KOSMON KAI HGAPHSAN hOI ANQRWPOI MALLON TO SKOTOS H TO FWS; HN GAR AUTWN
> PONHRA TA ERGA.
> It is the last part (HN GAR AUTWN PONHRA TA ERGA)that is the cause of some
> trouble for me. The word order seems strange. Especially HN at the beginning
> of the sentence and AUTWN removed from TA ERGA threw me for a loop. PONHRA
> GAR HN TA ERGA AUTWN would be what I would consider "normal." Is there any
> thing strange about the way the second part of John 3:19 is written or is it
> just my lack of experience with Greek that makes it appear that way to me?
> Thank you,
> Bert de Haan.
>
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