[B-Greek] Syntax of Col 1:22 - Dr. Conrad
Mitch Larramore
mitchlarramore at yahoo.com
Tue Aug 18 12:05:18 EDT 2009
Dr. Conrad:
You wrote:
> I would English it as I noted above: "There fell from his
> eyes something like scales."
Acts 9:18 καὶ εὐθέως ἀπέπεσαν αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν ὡς λεπίδες,
I'm trying to understand the syntax here. Can you show me how you arrived at this translation by reviewing my questions below...
"There fell" (ἀπέπεσαν)
"from" (is this: 1) the AP from ἀπ-έπεσαν, 2) AUTOU, or 3) APO)
his eyes (if AUTOU construes with APEPESAN, where does this pronoun come from? From TWN?)
Mitch Larramore
Augusta, GA
--- On Tue, 8/18/09, Carl Conrad <cwconrad2 at mac.com> wrote:
> From: Carl Conrad <cwconrad2 at mac.com>
> Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Syntax of Col 1:22 - Dr. Conrad
> To: "Mitch Larramore" <mitchlarramore at yahoo.com>
> Cc: "greek B-Greek" <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: Tuesday, August 18, 2009, 5:42 AM
>
> On Aug 18, 2009, at 1:00 AM, Mitch Larramore wrote:
>
> > Dr.Conrad
> >
> > You wrote:
> >
> > Acts 9:18 καὶ εὐθέως ἀπέπεσαν
> αὐτοῦ
> > ἀπὸ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν ὡς
> λεπίδες,
> > ἀνέβλεψέν τε καὶ ἀναστὰς
> > ἐβαπτίσθη [KAI EUQEWS APEPESAN AUTOU
> APO TWN OFQALMWN hWS
> > LEPIDES, ANEBLEYEN TE KAI ANASTAS EBAPTISQH]
> >
> > Here it might be argued that AUTOU should be construed
> with OFQALMWN.
> > To be sure the clause would be Englished as “There
> fell from his eyes
> > something like scalles .. “ I think
> however that AUTOU here
> > probably construes directly with APEPESAN rather than
> with OFQALMWN.
> >
> > How would you translate AUTOU with APEPESAN, assuming
> the singular AUTOU construes with the plural APEPESAN?
>
> I would English it as I noted above: "There fell from his
> eyes something like scales." But I would understand the
> construction of AUTOU as ablatival genitive "from him"
> construing with the adverbial prefix of APEPESAN. The verb
> appears to be used either directly with an ablatival
> genitive or with EK or APO and genitive indicating what a
> person or things falls 'from.'
>
>
> Carl W. Conrad
> Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
>
>
>
>
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