[B-Greek] Acts 5:3 PSEUDOMAI/YEUDOMAI + Acc.

Tom Moore tom at katabiblon.com
Tue Feb 26 16:09:06 EST 2008


Acts 5:3 is consistently translated: "Peter said, Ananias, why has satan filled your heart (for) you to lie *to* the holy spirit?"

But "the holy spirit" is accusative:

ψεύσασθαί σε τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον
YEUSASQAI SE TO PNEUMA TO hAGION

While the very next verse shows lying *to* somebody in the dative (Acts 5:4: "You did not lie to men but to God"):

Οὐκ ἐψεύσω ἀνθρώποις, ἀλλὰ τῷ θεῷ
OUK EYEUSW ANQRWPOIS ALLA TWi QEWi

Can TO PNEUMA TO hAGION be understood instead to be what Ananias lied about, rather than to whom Ananias lied: "Why has satan filled your heart (for) you to lie *about* [or to mispresent] the holy spirit?" (as being the one motivating his actions)? Given 5:4, why is "to the holy spirit" even valid?

Thanks,
Tom Moore



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