[B-Greek] Luke 11:18 infinitive vs finite

George F Somsel gfsomsel at yahoo.com
Sun Aug 26 14:03:00 EDT 2007


The passage you previously referenced was an indirect quotation of what others were saying about Jesus contained within the Dominical speech whereas this is a continuation of his direct speech

11.18 

ὅτι λέγετε ἐν Βεελζεβοὺλ ἐκβάλλειν με …
hOTI LEGETE EN BEELZEBOU EKBALLEIN ME …

For you say that I cast out Beelzeboul …

Here the direct statement would have been ἐν Βεελζεβοὺλ ἐκβάλλει … [EN BEELZEBOUL EKBALLEI …] "He casts out … by Beelzeboul …" or ἐν Βεελζεβοὺλ ἐκβάλλεις … [EN BEELZEBOUL EKBALLEIS …] "You cast out … by Beelzeboul …"

11.19

εἰ δὲ ἐγὼ ἐν Βεελζεβοὺλ ἐκβάλλω τὰ δαιμόνια 
EI DE EGW EN BEELZEBOUL EKBALLW TA DAIMONIA …

But if I cast out the demons by Beelzeboul …

 
george
gfsomsel
 
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----- Original Message ----
From: Delbert Flora <delbert.flora at hotmail.com>
To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2007 12:00:30 PM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Luke 11:18 infinitive vs finite


One reason I asked was because of the very next clause of verse 19. It has

EI DE EGW EN BEELZEBOUL EKBALLW TA DAIMONIA

I thought he changed from the infinitive + acc. pronoun to the simple 
finite. But I think what you are saying is the the infinitve is expected 
after hOTI LEGW.



Kindly,
Delbert Flora

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