[B-Greek] Acts 5:3-4
Tom Moore
tom at katabiblon.com
Sat Dec 5 10:24:14 EST 2009
I posed this same question two years ago:
http://www.google.com/search?q=pseudomai+site%3Aibiblio.org
Though my conjecture was shot down, it still makes the most sense to me.
I think in Acts 5:3, Ananias is lying *about* the holy spirit (YEUDOMAI + acc.), by misrepresenting the holy spirit as being the motivator behind his actions.
Εἶπεν δὲ ὁ Πέτρος, Ἁνανία, διὰ τί ἐπλήρωσεν ὁ σατανᾶς τὴν καρδίαν σου, ψεύσασθαί σε τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον, καὶ νοσφίσασθαί ἀπὸ τῆς τιμῆς τοῦ χωρίου;
EIPEN DE hO PETROS, hANANIA, DIA TI EPLHRWSEN hO SATANAS THN KARDIAN SOU, YEUSASQAI SE TO PNEUMA TO hAGION, KAI NOSFISASQAI APO THS TIMHS TOU CWRIOU;
In Acts 5:4, Ananias is lying *to* God (YEUDOMAI + dat.).
Οὐχὶ μένον σοὶ ἔμενεν, καὶ πραθὲν ἐν τῇ σῇ ἐξουσίᾳ ὑπῆρχεν; Τί ὅτι ἔθου ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ σου τὸ πρᾶγμα τοῦτο; Οὐκ ἐψεύσω ἀνθρώποις, ἀλλὰ τῷ θεῷ.
OUCI MENON SOI EMENEN, KAI PRAQEN EN THi SHi EXOUSIA hUPHRCEN; TI hOTI EQOU EN THi KARDIAi SOU TO PRAGMA TOUTO; OUK EYEUSW ANQRWPOIS, ALLA TWi QEWi
Regards,
Tom Moore
www.katabiblon.com
> -------Original Message-------
> From: timothy mcmahon <targum at msn.com>
> Subject: [B-Greek] Acts 5:3-4
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> Two roughly parallel statements in Acts 5:3-4… YEUSASQAI… TO PNEUMA and EYEUSW TW QEW. Any significance here in the use of the two different cases after YEUDOMAI?
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