[B-Greek] ANHR in Luke 8.27
Steven Lo Vullo
slovullo at mac.com
Tue Mar 16 18:23:20 EST 2004
On Mar 16, 2004, at 5:03 PM, Curtis Hinson wrote:
> Can someone help with with ANHR in Luke 8.27?
>
> Here is the text:
>
> Edzelthonti de auto, epi thn ghn uphnthsen anhr tis ek ths polews exon
> daimonia kai xronw ikanw, ouk enedusato imation kai en oikia ouk
> emenen all
> en tois mnhmasin.
>
> Why is ANHR nominative and how does it function? It looks for all the
> world
> like it should be dative. How does it relate to uphnthsen is the
> obvious
> related question.
ANHR TIS ("a certain man") is nominative because it is the subject of
hUPHNTHSEN. The dative complement you are looking for is AUTWi. "A
certain man met him when he had come ashore."
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Steven Lo Vullo
Madison, WI
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