[B-Greek] AUTOU as "here" (Matthew 26:36b)
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Tue Jan 13 08:33:56 EST 2009
On Jan 13, 2009, at 7:54 AM, A. J. Birch wrote:
> "TOTE ERCETAI MET' AUTWN hO IHSOUS EIS CWRION LEGOMENON GEQSHMANI
> KAI LEGEI TOIS MAQHTAIS, KAQISATE AUTOU hEWS [hOU] APELQWN EKEI
> PROSEUXWMAI" (Matthew 26:36).
>
> Regarding the meaning of "AUTOU" as 'here' (in Mark 14:32 = hWDE),
> although it seems to be a perfectly good adverbial use of "AUTOU",
> it also seems a fairly rare use in the New Testament; there are a
> few instances in Acts (15:34; 18:19; 21:4). Are there other
> instances of this use in the New Testament? What about in other
> works outside the New Testament?
True, there are only 4 instances in the GNT; there are 9 in the LXX (I
won't bother to list them); so it's not all that common in relation to
hWDE and EKEI -- but its usage goes all the way back to Homer and it
is still being used extra-biblical Hellenistic writers; see the entry
in BDAG.
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Ret)
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