[B-Greek] ANHR in Luke 8.27
Ann Nyland
accuratebibles at ozemail.com.au
Tue Mar 16 18:33:55 EST 2004
"Having disembarked", aorist pple (that is, when he - Jesus - had
disembarked) (Greeks loved participles - we tend not to share their
enthusiasm in English, so Greek participles are not as frequently translated
by English participles), a man met him - it has to be nominative as ANHR is
the subject of hUPHNTHSEN, aorist - hUPANTAW TINI, to meet someone.
Generally, it can be confusing to look at the English before the Greek -
most translations have "he was met by man", perhaps that is why you were not
expecting a nominative. At any rate, if you were expecting a dative of
instrument here, you should be expecting instead the genitive - genitive of
agent, dative of instrument is the general rule (yes, yes, yes, everyone, I
know all the exceptions but I am speaking basically).
Ann Nyland
----- Original Message -----
From: "Curtis Hinson" <curtis at curtishinson.com>
To: <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 10:03 AM
Subject: [B-Greek] ANHR in Luke 8.27
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.
Bless the Name
Curtis Hinson
Abilene Christian University
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