[B-Greek] Acts 26:23

Richard Smith rbs58 at comcast.net
Tue Jan 11 21:53:58 EST 2011



Thanks Mark, 



That makes the most sense to me. 



I had been trying to force the verse into three clauses - EI PATHTOS... EI PRWTOS... FWS MELLEI. 



It now seems better to me to read only two clauses - "that the Christ can suffer; that he, the first of the resurrection of the dead, is about to bring light..." 



Thanks, 

Richard 






----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Lightman" <lightmanmark at yahoo.com> 
To: "Richard Smith" <rbs58 at comcast.net>, b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org 
Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 9:05:08 PM 
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Acts 26:23 


Hi, Richard, 

After verbs of declaring (in this case MARTUROMAI) εἰ (EI) can mean "that," pretty much the same as hOTI.   Your second translation captures the sense just fine.  There is nothing conditional about either εἰ  here. 

Mark L 
Φωσφορος 


FWSFOROS MARKOS 





From: Richard Smith <rbs58 at comcast.net> 
To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org 
Sent: Tue, January 11, 2011 5:50:00 PM 
Subject: [B-Greek] Acts 26:23 



I would like to read your thoughts on how to understand the construction EI PAQHTOS...EI PRWTOS..., FWS MELLEI KATAGGELLEIN. 


If the Christ can suffer, if the first of the resurrection, (then) he is about to proclaim light 

That the Christ can suffer, that the first, (therefore) he is about to proclaim 



It seems to me that the translations are in all directions trying to convey the sense of this construction. I looked in Robertson's Word Pictures but that explanation did not help me understand the connection between the subordinate clauses and the main clause, not to mention the connection with verse 22 (hOI PROFHTAI ELALHSAN MELLONTWN GINESQAI). 



Thank you, 

Richard Smith 
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