[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.
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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.
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  ACTS 23:35 DIAKOUSOMAI SOU, EFH, hOTAN KAI hOI KATHGOROI SOU  
PARAGENWNTAI· KELEUSAS EN TWi PRAITWRIWi TOU hHRWiDOU FULASSESQAI  
AUTON.
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Elizabeth Kline







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