[B-Greek] genitive participle in Matthew 22:10

rinas jody ryeniss at yahoo.ca
Fri Oct 3 12:26:08 EDT 2008


Greekophiles:

For some years I have looked at Matthew 22.10, being unsure of how the English translations came up with:

"...so the wedding hall was filled with guests."

taking it from the phrase in NA 27:

KAI EPLESTHE HO GAMOS ANAKEIMENWN

ANAKEIMAI reappears in v.11 as well, where it seems a bit more straightforward.

I have checked out BAGD and LSJ. (Sorry, I don't have BDAG yet.) I presume that ANAKEIMENWN must be rendered into good English. Thus, what is literally written in the genitive participle -- "of the ones who are reclining" -- must be rendered as "with guests." "Guests" are the very ones who are "reclining to dine."

There is a variant in v.10: TWN is inserted in front of the participle. Are the copyists trying to make it more obvious that this participle should be understood as a substantive?

If I were to analyze this participle from categories in Wallace's GGBtB, I might call it a Genitive of Content (p.92) or Genitive of Agency (p.126).

But I have found it odd to translate it as "with guests." To me this would require a dative and not a genitive participle.

Thanks for any help you can offer.

Jody
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The Rev. Jody A. Rinas
Pastor
Trinity Lutheran Church (LCC)
Quesnel, B.C.
Canada


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