[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?
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> What are the rules for determining that the nearest agreeable noun must be the antecedent 
> or referent for a pronoun?
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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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