[B-Greek] Agent in JOHN 6:19b

Webb webb at selftest.net
Sat Mar 3 19:15:00 EST 2007


I would render it, "and he was getting near the boat".

Webb Mealy

-----Original Message-----

From:  Elizabeth Kline <kline_dekooning at earthlink.net>
Subj:  [B-Greek] Agent in JOHN 6:19b
Date:  Sat Mar 3, 2007 1:40 pm
Size:  863 bytes
To:  greek <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>

Iver Larsen wrote

"GINOMAI does not allow an Agent, and the subject is never the Agent,  
but if there is an Agent involved, it  can usually be derived from  
the context."

JOHN 6:19 ELHLAKOTES OUN hWS STADIOUS EIKOSI PENTE H TRIAKONTA  
QEWROUSIN TON IHSOUN PERIPATOUNTA EPI THS QALASSHS KAI EGGUS TOU  
PLOIOU GINOMENON, KAI EFOBHQHSAN.

Would it be fair to say that IHSOUN is the agent of PERIPATOUNTA EPI  
THS QALASSHS? I would be tempted to say that IHSOUN is also the agent  
of EGGUS TOU PLOIOU GINOMENON, i.e., that IHSOUN is an explict agent  
for both participles. The disciples were watching Jesus (an agent)  
walking on the sea and Jesus (an agent) drawing near to the boat.


Elizabeth Kline




---
B-Greek home page: http://www.ibiblio.org/bgreek
B-Greek mailing list
B-Greek at lists.ibiblio.org
http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-greek





More information about the B-Greek mailing list