[B-Greek] Acts 3.26 EN TWi APOSTREFEIN - instrumental or concurrent time
Mark Lightman
lightmanmark at yahoo.com
Fri Feb 11 08:45:41 EST 2011
Hi, Richard,
You have spotted a real ambiguity in the text, not only whether EN is
instrumental or temporal, but also whether the subject of APOSTREFEIN is God or
hEKASTON in a subject accusative with the infinitive. You are correct that most
versions go with the former, but there are a few that take it the way you do.
For example, the Berkeley Version has "as each of you turns away from his
sins." Cf. Rheims "that every one may convert himself from his wickedness."
What can I say? The grammar is imprecise, the theology is not. Context is
king, but like the President of Egypt, he does what we tell him to do.
Mark L
Φωσφορος
FWSFOROS MARKOS
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From: Richard Smith <rbs58 at comcast.net>
To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Fri, February 11, 2011 6:11:49 AM
Subject: [B-Greek] Acts 3.26 EN TWi APOSTREFEIN - instrumental or concurrent
time
All translations I looked at, take the construction as instrumental and
hEKASTON as objective, but it seems to me that the issue in the context of Acts
3 is the decision of each wrt Jesus as the Suffering Messiah and the prophet
like Moses.
With the present tense used for EULOGOUNTA and for APOSTREFEIN, could it not be
intended for the EN TWi construction to refer to concurrent time?
"He sent him who blesses you when each turns"
Verse 23 provides a suggestion as to what may happen in the event one does not
turn.
Given the general context, I understand PONHRIWN and hAMARTIAS to refer to the
decision about Jesus as the Christ who suffers, rather than more general idea of
sin in a sinner's life.
Thanks,
Richard
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