[B-Greek] Syntax of Col 1:22

Oun Kwon kwonbbl at gmail.com
Mon Aug 17 23:12:35 EDT 2009


On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 1:43 PM, Elizabeth
Kline<kline_dekooning at earthlink.net> wrote:
> A "sentence" in Paul is probably the minimal meaningful context.
>
> Col 1:21-23
> 21 Καὶ ὑμᾶς ποτε ὄντας
> ἀπηλλοτριωμένους καὶ ἐχθροὺς τῇ
> διανοίᾳ ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις τοῖς
> πονηροῖς,  22 νυνὶ δὲ ἀποκατήλλαξεν
> ἐν τῷ σώματι τῆς σαρκὸς αὐτοῦ διὰ
> τοῦ θανάτου παραστῆσαι ὑμᾶς ἁγίους
> καὶ ἀμώμους καὶ ἀνεγκλήτους
> κατενώπιον αὐτοῦ,  23 εἴ γε ἐπιμένετε
> τῇ πίστει τεθεμελιωμένοι καὶ
> ἑδραῖοι καὶ μὴ μετακινούμενοι ἀπὸ
> τῆς ἐλπίδος τοῦ εὐαγγελίου οὗ
> ἠκούσατε, τοῦ κηρυχθέντος ἐν πάσῃ
> κτίσει τῇ ὑπὸ τὸν οὐρανόν, οὗ
> ἐγενόμην ἐγὼ Παῦλος διάκονος.
>
> 21 KAI hUMAS POTE ONTAS APHLLOTRIWMENOUS KAI ECQROUS THi DIANOIAi EN
> TOIS ERGOIS TOIS PONHROIS, 22 NUNI DE APOKATHLLAXEN EN TWi SWMATI THS
> SARKOS AUTOU DIA TOU QANATOU PARASTHSAI hUMAS hAGIOUS KAI AMWMOUS KAI
> ANEGKLHTOUS KATENWPION AUTOU, 23 EI GE EPIMENETE THi PISTEI
> TEQEMELIWMENOI KAI hEDRAIOI KAI MH METAKINOUMENOI APO THS ELPIDOS TOU
> EUAGGELIOU hOU HKOUSATE, TOU KHRUCQENTOS EN PASHi KTISEI THi hUPO TON
> OURANON, hOU EGENOMHN EGW PAULOS DIAKONOS.
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Certainly, the natural word order seems natural. One remaining
question in this text is:

how do I decide who is the implicit subject of the verb APOKATHLLAXEN
in v. 22? God or His Son?

Thank you all.

Oun Kwon.


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