[B-Greek] Help with Hebrews 4:2
Mark Lightman
lightmanmark at yahoo.com
Sat May 2 17:52:21 EDT 2009
Alan,
This is a good quesiton, I hope the first of many from you.
This is an instance where I would apply the "Conrad rule of
medio-passivity" which states that if a verb CAN be construed
as a middle, if should be, or, unless a verb HAS to be construed
as a passive, it should be construed as a middle. I think the basis
of the Conrad rule is that the passive is a later development from
the middle. Not that there is any thing wrong with taking
SUGKEKERASMENOUS as a passive. The Conrad rule is a
rule, not a commandment.
Mark L.
--- On Sat, 5/2/09, Alan Martin <martinv at fredericktown.k12.mo.us> wrote:
From: Alan Martin <martinv at fredericktown.k12.mo.us>
Subject: [B-Greek] Help with Hebrews 4:2
To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
Date: Saturday, May 2, 2009, 10:16 AM
This is my first posted question. I am grateful for this resource.
My question regards the Perfect Participle translated "having been mixed
together".
I noticed that it is a masculine, accusative, plural, probably modifying
the demonstrative pronoun ekeinous. My question is how does the perfect
participle make sense translated as a passive voice rather than a
middle. It seems to me that a middle voice makes more sense, but I am
still unsure.
Thank you ahead of time for your help. I am still very far from
advanced in my study, I am simply a pastor seeking to rightly divide the
word of truth.
AM
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