[B-Greek] Acts 26:17
Carl Conrad
cwconrad2 at mac.com
Fri Mar 20 15:51:44 EDT 2009
On Mar 20, 2009, at 3:17 PM, Ross Assink wrote:
> I have been reading through Acts as of late and came across vs. 17
> which says,
>
> Act 26:17 ἐξαιρούμενός σε ἐκ τοῦ
> λαοῦ καὶ τῶν ἐθνῶν, εἰς οὓς
> ἐγὼ σε ἀποστέλλω
We were just talking about this: BG protocol requires that the Unicode
Greek text be accompanied by a transliteration: EXAIROMENOS SE EK TOU
LAOU KAI TWN EQNWN, EIS hOUS EGW SE APOSTELLW
>
> Does the plural οὓς simply refer to the plural "Gentiles" or to
> both "peoples" and "Gentiles"?
Most likely both: hOUS is masc. pl., whereas LAOU is masc. sg. and
EQNWN is neut. pl.; I'd guess this is what's called a 'constuctio ad
sensum.'
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
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