[B-Greek] Prepositional phrase
Matthew Hauck
matt at matthauck.com
Fri Feb 9 00:32:26 EST 2007
Greetings!
I am a beginner currently studying Greek from Mounce's textbook.
Somehow, I came across a strange construction that I haven't really
seen before, and wasn't sure what it meant.
There is sometimes an "article + noun" separated by a prepositional phrase.
Examples:
Matt 6:23 - "...EI OUN TO FWS *TO EN SOI SKOTOS* ESTIN..."
1 Peter 1:11 contains, "TO EN AUTOIS PNEUMA CRISTOU", "TA EIS CRISTON
PAQHMATA" and "TAS META TAUTA DOXAS"
Does this construction add any significance in emphasis or something?
I couldn't seem to find anything in Mounce or Wallace.
Why not say "TAS DOXAS META TAUTA"? It seems to be saying "the after
these things glories." Does this highlight the noun or the
prepositional phrase?
I am particularly interested in the Matthew example. Following the way
1 Peter translates it, the phrase in Matthew would seem to say, "the
in you darkness" --> "the darkness in you". Thus the verse would say,
"If then the light is the darkness in you" --> "If then the darkness
in you is light." But everybody translates this, "If then the light in
you is darkness."
What am I missing?
Thanks!
--
to the praise of the glory of His grace,
Matthew Hauck
0920.111.204
http://matthauck.blogspot.com/
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