[B-Greek] Diagramming Mt 4:24 Mt

Carl Conrad cwconrad2 at mac.com
Thu Sep 4 19:35:37 EDT 2008


On Sep 4, 2008, at 7:19 PM, Oun Kwon wrote:

> I am looking at Mt 4:24. The following is the way I see in a poor  
> man's
> diagramming.
>
> Mt 4:24
> (A)    KAI *APHLQEN *H AKOH AUTOU EIS OLHN THN SURIAN
> (B)    KAI *PROSHNEGKAN *AUTW PANTAS TOUS KAKWS ECONTAS
> (B1)            POIKILAIS NOSOIS KAI BASANOIS SUNECOMENOUS
> (B2)            [KAI] DAIMONIZOMENOUS
> (B3)            KAI SELHNIAZOMENOUS
> (B4)            KAI PARALUTIKOUS
> (C)    KAI *EQERAPEUSEN *AUTOUS.
>
> The verse consists of three clauses (A) (B) and (C) with verbs  
> APHLQEN,
> PROSHNEGKAN, EQERAPEUSEN.
>
> The problem I had is with (B). I like to take B1, B2, B3 and B4 with
> accusative participles SUNECOMENOUS, DAIMONIZOMENOUS,  
> SELHNIAZOMENOU, and
> accusative adjective PARALUTIKOUS as 'objects' of the verb ECW (>  
> ECONTAS).
>
> I wish B4 had a participle, but I can take as in a sense of  
> participle in
> English ('being paralytic).
>
> Then, KAKWS ECW takes all the forms of people's trouble to be  
> brought to
> Him. From reading English translations, it is not clear and precise.  
> They
> seem to give me a picture of their taking B2-B4 as the objects of  
> verb B
> PROSHNEGKAN.
>
> I would appreciate your comments so that I make sure I am on the right
> track.

I think it would be better to understand PANTAS TOUS with (a) KAKWS  
ECONTAS POIKILAIS NOSOIS, (b) BASANOIS SUNECOMENOUS, (c)  
DAIMONIZOMENOUS, (d) SELHNIAZOMENOUS,and (e) PARALUTIKOUS. That is to  
say, KAKWS ECONTAS POIKILAIS NOSOIS is one of 5 (five) groups all  
contained within the article TOUS and the inclusive quantitative  
adjective PANTAS. KAKWS ECEIN is a distinct idiom in itself for "be  
ill" -- a colloquial  equivalent of NOSEIN. The other four categories  
are parallel to those suffering illnesses, not subcategories.


Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)






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