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Luke 9:17 καὶ ἤρθη τὸ περισσεῦσαν αὐτοῖς
Posted: May 17th, 2015, 8:24 am
by Jonathan Robie
Luke 9:17 wrote:καὶ ἤρθη τὸ περισσεῦσαν αὐτοῖς κλασμάτων κόφινοι δώδεκα.
Why is ἤρθη active singular here? I could see plural ("they took") or passive ("was taken"), but I'm surprised that this is both active and singular.
Re: Luke 9:17 καὶ ἤρθη τὸ περισσεῦσαν αὐτοῖς
Posted: May 17th, 2015, 9:14 am
by cwconrad
Jonathan Robie wrote:Luke 9:17 wrote:καὶ ἤρθη τὸ περισσεῦσαν αὐτοῖς κλασμάτων κόφινοι δώδεκα.
Why is ἤρθη active singular here? I could see plural ("they took") or passive ("was taken"), but I'm surprised that this is both active and singular.
I would understand τὸ περισσεῦσαν αὐτοῖς ("what leftovers they had"-- more 'literally' "that which exceeded for them") as the subject of ἤρθη, and κλασμάτων κόφινοι δώδεκα as a nominative appositive to τὸ περισσεῦσαν.
Re: Luke 9:17 καὶ ἤρθη τὸ περισσεῦσαν αὐτοῖς
Posted: May 17th, 2015, 9:20 am
by Stephen Carlson
Jonathan Robie wrote:Luke 9:17 wrote:καὶ ἤρθη τὸ περισσεῦσαν αὐτοῖς κλασμάτων κόφινοι δώδεκα.
Why is ἤρθη active singular here?
It's not; it's a -θη aorist passive.
Re: Luke 9:17 καὶ ἤρθη τὸ περισσεῦσαν αὐτοῖς
Posted: May 17th, 2015, 9:32 am
by Jonathan Robie
Stephen Carlson wrote:It's not; it's a -θη aorist passive.
Got it! Thanks.