[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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