[B-Greek] Galatians 3:26
Carl Conrad
cwconrad2 at mac.com
Fri Nov 9 12:02:06 EST 2007
On Nov 9, 2007, at 10:29 AM, Nick Lamme wrote:
> Friends,
>
> My question pertains to the τοῦ (TOU) in Galatians 3:23:
> "Πρὸ τοῦ δὲ ἐλθεῖν τὴν πίστιν ὑπὸ
> νόμον ἐφρουρούμεθα συγκλειόμενοι
> εἰς τὴν μέλλουσαν πίστιν
> ἀποκαλυφθῆναι," What is its function here in this
> sentence? Does it perhaps refer to Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ
> (IHSOU CRISTOU).
> of the previous verse? Is the phrase τοῦ δὲ ἐλθεῖν
> τὴν πίστιν a companion or variation or referent to ἐκ
> πίστεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ? I hope my question is
> clear and my readable. Thanks.
(1) Our protocol (http://www.ibiblio.org/bgreek/faq.html) asks that
all citations in Unicode Greek be accompanied by standard
transliteration:
Gal 3:23 PRO TOU DE ELQEIN THN PISTIN hUPO NOMON EFROUOUMEQA
SUGKLEIOMENOI EIS THN MELLOUSAN PISTIN APOKALUFQHNAI.
(2) The τοῦ (TOU) is simply the genitive article for the articular
infinitive TOU ELQEIN; the genitive case is required by the
preposition PRO "And before the coming of faith ... " or "And before
faith came ... "
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
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