Re: 2 Clement 15:4

From: Carl W. Conrad (cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu)
Date: Tue Dec 14 1999 - 12:09:03 EST


At 11:28 AM -0500 12/14/99, Jim West wrote:
>At 10:59 AM 12/14/99 -0500, you wrote:
>> What do you make of the following: hETOIMOTERON GAR hEAUTON LEGEI hO
>>KURIOS EIS TO DIDONAI TOU AITOUNTOS? Specifically, I'm wondering about
>>the participle in the genitive at the end. "For the Lord says that he is
>>more ready to give than..." what? Than to make a request?
>>
>> Or is it that he's more ready to give than the person who asks is ready
>>to give?
>>
>> Or that he's more ready to give than the person who asks is ready to
>>ask?
>>
>> The final option is how it is most commonly taken, but I'm not sure
>>why.
>
>or how about-
>
>"The Lord says that he is more ready to give to those who ask".

i.e.: TOU AITOUNTOS = TOIS AITOUSI(N)? How would you explain this genitive,Jim?

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