Yes, I think so. He is speaking to them, telling them that they are "the little flock". But I think also suspect that he is identifying them as "the" little flock, not just one of many little flocks. Do you think I am over-thinking this here?Stephen Carlson wrote: ↑September 26th, 2021, 4:52 pm No, it’s a puzzle and I’m asking for leads. Just frustrated that past scholarship seems merely content with the showing that the phenomenon exists.
ETA: Perhaps the apposition idea suggests that the article would have the same meaning as in appositions (identifying with the article, classifying without)?
Luke 12:32 τὸ μικρὸν ποίμνιον
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Re: Luke 12:32 τὸ μικρὸν ποίμνιον
ἐξίσταντο δὲ πάντες καὶ διηποροῦντο, ἄλλος πρὸς ἄλλον λέγοντες, τί θέλει τοῦτο εἶναι;
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Ugh, it’s so easy to over-think it, but it looks like it could be an instance of the ‘par excellence’ use of the article.
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