[B-Greek] 2COR. 10:10 hOTI hAI EPISTOLAI MEN, FHSIN ...
Elizabeth Kline
kline_dekooning at earthlink.net
Fri Nov 27 02:34:18 EST 2009
2Cor. 10:10 ὅτι αἱ ἐπιστολαὶ μέν, φησίν,
βαρεῖαι καὶ ἰσχυραί, ἡ δὲ παρουσία
τοῦ σώματος ἀσθενὴς καὶ ὁ λόγος
ἐξουθενημένος.
.
2COR. 10:10 hOTI hAI EPISTOLAI MEN, FHSIN, BAREIAI KAI ISCURAI, hH DE
PAROUSIA TOU SWMATOS ASQENHS KAI hO LOGOS EXOUQENHMENOS.
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Word order is not typical in NT or elsewhere. Paging through over a
thousand examples from Homer to first century AD it looks like the
regular pattern is FHSIN ... hOTI not hOTI ... FHSIN. I did run across
a few exceptions but didn't have the time to read the context. ATR
(page 434) has some comments on this, and cites Matt 14:8 PHMI, Acts
23:35 EFH, neither of which involve hOTI.
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Matt. 14:8 ἡ δὲ προβιβασθεῖσα ὑπὸ τῆς
μητρὸς αὐτῆς· δός μοι, φησίν, ὧδε
ἐπὶ πίνακι τὴν κεφαλὴν Ἰωάννου τοῦ
βαπτιστοῦ.
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MATT. 14:8 hH DE PROBIBASQEISA hUPO THS MHTROS AUTHS· DOS MOI, FHSIN,
hWDE EPI PINAKI THN KEFALHN IWANNOU TOU BAPTISTOU.
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Acts 23:35 διακούσομαί σου, ἔφη, ὅταν καὶ
οἱ κατήγοροί σου παραγένωνται·
κελεύσας ἐν τῷ πραιτωρίῳ τοῦ
Ἡρῴδου φυλάσσεσθαι αὐτόν.
.
ACTS 23:35 DIAKOUSOMAI SOU, EFH, hOTAN KAI hOI KATHGOROI SOU
PARAGENWNTAI· KELEUSAS EN TWi PRAITWRIWi TOU hHRWiDOU FULASSESQAI
AUTON.
.
Elizabeth Kline
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