[B-Greek] Luke 5:1 Infinitive of purpose introduced by KAI

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Thu Jun 28 14:00:03 EDT 2007


On Jun 28, 2007, at 1:02 PM, Webb wrote:

> Dear Carl,
>
>>> --Mt 8:25 "and he began to see, and was cured KAI saw everything
>>> clearly" (Vulgate "ita ut clare videret");
>
>> Bad reference -- it's not Mt 8:25
>
> It's a mis-transcription of Zerwick on my part. Read: Mk 8:25.

Mark 8:25 εἶτα πάλιν ἐπέθηκεν τὰς  
χεῖρας ἐπὶ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτοῦ,  
καὶ διέβλεψεν καὶ ἀπεκατέστη καὶ  
ἐνέβλεπεν τηλαυγῶς ἅπαντα
EITA PALIN EPEQHKEN TAS CEIRAS EPI TOUS OFQALMOUS AUTOU, KAI  
DIEBLEYEN KAI APEKATESTH KAI ENEBLEYEN THLIKAUTWS hAPANTA.

OK, again an indicative following a KAI.  I'm afraid that in this  
instance too I'd have to say that I can see a potential inference  
that KAI APEKATESTH means "and so he was healed" -- but I can't see  
that as something semantically inherent in the KAI. And of course, it  
has no bearing on the question of Luke 5:1.


Carl W. Conrad
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