[B-Greek] Luke 9:20
George F Somsel
gfsomsel at yahoo.com
Sat Jan 9 10:53:24 EST 2010
εἶπεν δὲ αὐτοῖς·ὑμεῖς δὲ τίνα με λέγετε εἶναι;Πέτρος δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν·τὸν χριστὸν τοῦ θεοῦ.
EIPEN DE AUTOIS, "hUMEIS DE TINA ME LEGETE EINAI?" PETROS DE APOKRIQEIS EIPEN, "TON XRISTON TOU QEOU."
Note the first part of the passage. It would appear in English that in the question posed there ME should be in the nominative -- "Who do you say I am." Note, however, that it is acc just as is TON XRISTON ... about which you asked. The reason for this is the same in both cases. The reason is the use of the infinitive. Both the subject of the inf and the object of the infinitive are in the acc. Peter's answer because of the question posed in the question posed to which he is responding would be "LEGW SU EINAI TON XRISTON TOU QEOU."
george
gfsomsel
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----- Original Message ----
From: Bill Yates <bill.yates4 at btinternet.com>
To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Sat, January 9, 2010 8:04:01 AM
Subject: [B-Greek] Luke 9:20
In Luke 9:20: Why is TON XRISTON TOU THEOU in the accusative? Shouldn't it be nominative because of the unspoken "You are......."
Many thanks
Bill Yates
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