1 Peter 4:3 πεπορευμένους
Posted: May 2nd, 2014, 3:56 pm
1 Peter 4:3 ἀρκετὸς γὰρ ὁ παρεληλυθὼς χρόνος τὸ βούλημα τῶν ἐθνῶν κατειργάσθαι πεπορευμένους ἐν ἀσελγείαις, ἐπιθυμίαις, οἰνοφλυγίαις, κώμοις, πότοις καὶ ἀθεμίτοις εἰδωλολατρίαις.
This Accusative Participle πεπορευμένους is puzzling to me. I was not unhappy to see some commentators having trouble. Some call it an “Accusative Absolute,” others a Hebraism. I'm not sure what an Acc Abs is and I don't know how it might be a Hebraism. Anyone care to school me?
In ignorance of what those two options mean, I was wondering if the confusion comes from the preceding phrase. Could it be like this, that readers are taking κατειργάσθαι as
Then we can’t take this πεπορευμένους as a sort of appositive to τὸ βούλημα . But if κατειργάσθαι is, with ἀρκετὸς, more like a Dative noun (“enough WITH doing the will”) then τὸ βούλημα becomes a normal Accusative Direct Object that is easily followed by πεπορευμένους as explaining what τὸ βούλημα is all about.
*See Smyth Sections 1969, 2001-2003
2001
The infinitive serves to define the meaning of adjectives, adverbs, and substantives, especially those denoting ability,fitness, capacity, etc. (and their opposites), and generally those analogous in meaning to verbs which take the infinitive (2000). Here the datival meaning (purpose, destination) is often apparent. Cp. 1969.
This Accusative Participle πεπορευμένους is puzzling to me. I was not unhappy to see some commentators having trouble. Some call it an “Accusative Absolute,” others a Hebraism. I'm not sure what an Acc Abs is and I don't know how it might be a Hebraism. Anyone care to school me?
In ignorance of what those two options mean, I was wondering if the confusion comes from the preceding phrase. Could it be like this, that readers are taking κατειργάσθαι as
- a) a Passive, and
b) an Infinitive taking an Accusative Subject τὸ βούλημα
Then we can’t take this πεπορευμένους as a sort of appositive to τὸ βούλημα . But if κατειργάσθαι is, with ἀρκετὸς, more like a Dative noun (“enough WITH doing the will”) then τὸ βούλημα becomes a normal Accusative Direct Object that is easily followed by πεπορευμένους as explaining what τὸ βούλημα is all about.
*See Smyth Sections 1969, 2001-2003
2001
The infinitive serves to define the meaning of adjectives, adverbs, and substantives, especially those denoting ability,fitness, capacity, etc. (and their opposites), and generally those analogous in meaning to verbs which take the infinitive (2000). Here the datival meaning (purpose, destination) is often apparent. Cp. 1969.