[b-greek] Re: ellipsis in Rom 3.8

From: Harold R. Holmyard III (hholmyard@ont.com)
Date: Mon Dec 11 2000 - 22:46:53 EST


Dear Steve,

>Rom 3.8: KAI MH KAQWS BLASFHMOUMEQA KAI KAQWS FASIN TINES hHMAS LEGEIN hOTI
>POIHSWMEN TA KAKA hINA ELQHi TA AGAQA;

But if the truth of God by my lie abounds to His glory, why yet also am I
judged as a sinner, and why is it not, just as we are blasphemed and just
as some say we say, "Let us do the evil things, in order that the good
things may come," whose condemnation is just? (vv. 7-8)

                                Yours,
                                Harold Holmyard
>
>Help! In diagramming this sentence I have the conjunction, the comparative
>clauses, the object clause (indirect discourse) of FASIN (hHMAS LEGEIN), and
>the object clause (indirect discourse) introduced by hOTI along with its
>subordinate clause (purpose) introduced by hINA. So I have a conjunction and
>two constructions, leaving a very lonely MH begging to be part of the
>diagram. It is clear that there is an ellipsis, and it seems that there must
>be a speaking verb to which the hOTI clause is the object, but it also seems
>that there may be more than just a verb needed to help this all make sense.
>Does anyone have any ideas as to the elliptical word or words needed? And
>what mood must the elliptical verb be? Does it need an adverbial modifier
>such as TI? Finally, are the comparative clauses parenthetical, as some
>translations would seem to indicate?
>
>Steve
>
>
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