[B-Greek] Matthew 16:18 - two questions
Harold Holmyard
hholmyard3 at earthlink.net
Tue Jul 22 03:36:18 EDT 2008
Eric,
> So, does anyone have any further comment on my conjecture that the
> referent/antecedent for "it" in "the gates of hades will not prevail against it" could be
> PETRAi and not necessarily EKKLHSIAN?
>
> What are the rules for determining that the nearest agreeable noun must be the antecedent
> or referent for a pronoun?
>
HH: Normally the nearest possible antecedent is correct.
Another factor is topicality. What is the topic in the immediate
vicinity. The pronoun is likely to refer back to that. The more
prominent the topic, the more likely that it can be referred to by a
pronoun.
Yours,
Harold Holmyard
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