[B-Greek] Questions
Jay Adkins
jayadkins264 at gmail.com
Thu Jan 8 08:36:46 EST 2009
Thank you both so very much. I had originally read OUCI as being emphatic
and understood this to read, 'No indeed, life is more than food and the body
more than clothing." But it does read better as a question and fits the
context better as well. Again Thank You.
Sola Gratia
Jay Adkins
On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 7:42 AM, George F Somsel <gfsomsel at yahoo.com> wrote:
> There are a number of interrogative particles and pronouns. Robertson has
> a section on this in his grammar. The very first portion of this should be
> noted
>
> (i) *No Particle at all**.* So συνήκατε ταῦτα πάντα*;* [SUNHKATE TAUTA
> PANTA?] (Mt. 13:51). So 13:28 and very often. ** Here the inquiry is
> colourless except as the tone of voice or context may indicate one's
> attitude. In fact, most interrogative sentences have no interrogative word
> at all. ** Cf. Lu. 13:2; Jo. 7:23; 13:6; Ac. 21:37, etc. Hence it is
> sometimes a matter of doubt whether a sentence is interrogative or
> declarative. Cf. Jo. 16:31; Ro. 8:33; 14:22; 1 Cor. 1:13; 2 Cor. 3:1; Heb.
> 10:2; Jas. 2:4, etc. It may be doubtful also at what point the question
> ends. Cf. Jo. 7:19; Ro. 4:1. Winer rightly says that on this point
> grammar cannot speak.
> <http://us.mg1.mail.yahoo.com/dc/blank.html?bn=1155.45&.intl=us#_ftn1>
> <http://us.mg1.mail.yahoo.com/dc/blank.html?bn=1155.45&.intl=us#_ftnref1>
> Robertson, A. (1919; 2006). *A Grammar of the Greek New Testament in the
> Light of Historical Research* (1175). Logos.
>
> Sometimes you simply have to consider the context to understand that a
> question is in view rather than a statement.
>
>
> george
> gfsomsel
>
>
> … search for truth, hear truth,
> learn truth, love truth, speak the truth, hold the truth,
> defend the truth till death.
>
>
> - Jan Hus
> _________
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Mark Lightman <lightmanmark at yahoo.com>
> *To:* b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org; Jay Adkins <jayadkins264 at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 7, 2009 9:51:36 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [B-Greek] Questions
>
> For questions expecting a negative answer the MH will tip you
> off since it is not normally used with the indicative. In most
> NT questions expecting an affirmative answer with OU, I think
> the context would not make sense if you took it as a declarative
> sentence. Certainly in your example from Mt. 6:25, "The soul is NOT
> greater
> than nourishment" makes no sense, so it has to be a question.
> Also in the next verse: OUX hUMEIS MALLON DIAFERETE
> "You don't matter more than sparrows."
> has to be "Don't you matter more than sparrows?"
> On the other hand, there ARE questions, I think even with OU,
> where it is ambiguous whether it is a question or not. I just can't
> think of any right now, and I don't think there are too many, at least
> in the NT. George S. or somebody can probably come up with a
> whole list.
>
> Mark L
>
> --- On Wed, 1/7/09, Jay Adkins <jayadkins264 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: Jay Adkins <jayadkins264 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [B-Greek] Questions
> To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Wednesday, January 7, 2009, 5:58 AM
>
> Matt 6:25 (GNT) DIA TOUTA LEGO hUMIN MH MERIMNATE TH YUCH hUMON TI FAGHTE
> [H
> TI PIHTE], MHDE TW SWMATI hUMON TI ENDUSHSQE, OUCI hH YUCH PLEION THS
> TROFHS
> KAI TO SWMA TOU ENDUMATOS;
>
> My question is about questions. When I first read this I overlooked the
> punctuation mark at the end and understood it as a statement not a
> question. Are there any clues I am overlooking in determining whether a
> sentence is a statement or a question? In other words, how can one decide
> a
> sentence is a question without the aide of a question mark? Interrogative
> pronouns are often used in sentences as in the verse above. So what clues
> am I missing?
>
> Sola Gratia
> Jay Adkins
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