[B-Greek] Luke 5:3 APO THS GHS
George F Somsel
gfsomsel at yahoo.com
Tue Jun 26 10:02:15 EDT 2007
I'm not sure what you intend by "taken alone." No phrase in any writing, whether in the scriptures or the Quran or Descartes, can be taken apart from its context. It is clear here that the 3rd sg usage refers to Jesus. When it says
ἐμβὰς δὲ εἰς ἓν τῶν πλοίων, ὃ ἦν Σίμωνος, ἠρώτησεν αὐτὸν …
EMBAS DE EIS hEN TWN PLOIWN, hO HN SIMWNOS, HRWTHSEN AUTON …
The participle ἐμβὰς [EMBAS], being a nom sg, must refer to the subject of the verb ἠρώτησεν [HRWTHSEN] which continues to be Jesus so that there is no question of his remaining on the shore from which the boat was to pull out according to his request.
george
gfsomsel
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From: Jonathan Robie <jwrobie at mindspring.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 7:52:30 AM
Subject: [B-Greek] Luke 5:3 APO THS GHS
Is this phrase, taken alone, grammatically ambiguous?
Luke 5:3 ἠρώτησεν αὐτὸν ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς ἐπαναγαγεῖν ὀλίγον
Luke 5:3 HRWTHSEN AUTON APO THS GHS EPANAGAGEIN OLIGON
In context, it's clear that the following is meant:
ἠρώτησεν αὐτὸν
ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς ἐπαναγαγεῖν ὀλίγον
HRWTHSEN AUTON
APO THS GHS EPANAGAGEIN OLIGON
The first time I read this, I was confused because I read it this way,
which makes no sense in context:
ἠρώτησεν αὐτὸν ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς
ἐπαναγαγεῖν ὀλίγον
HRWTHSEN AUTON APO THS GHS
EPANAGAGEIN OLIGON
Is this misreading grammatically correct, with the meaning that Jesus
was standing on the land and told Simon to put the boat out a little?
Jonathan
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