[B-Greek] Acts 26:17

frank boumphrey koinebible at gmail.com
Tue Mar 24 00:53:29 EDT 2009


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On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 3:51 PM, Carl Conrad <cwconrad2 at mac.com> wrote:

>
> 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.'
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> Carl W. Conrad
> Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
>
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