> I don't know how to parse the last 4 words in this verse, TWN UPO TON OURANON:
>
> Acts 2:5 (GNT) hsan de eis Ierousalhm katoikountes Ioudaioi, andres eulabeis
> apo pantos eqnous twn upo ton ouranon.
>
> Acts 2:5 (NASU) Now there were Jews living in Jerusalem, devout men from
> every nation under heaven.
>
> What does TWN refer to? It doesn't seem to be EQNOUS -- TWN is plural,
> EQNOUS is singular.
>
> Jonathan
I would suggest that TWN is a partitive genitive. TWN then stands
for the collection of nations of which every nation is a part. That
would give you something like : from every nation of those under
heaven.
Regards
Pieter Janse van Rensburg
University of Stellenbosch