Acts 4:23-37, several questions

Jonathan Robie (jwrobie@mindspring.com)
Mon, 16 Dec 1996 23:25:41 -0500

I'm in a hotel room, without access to books, and I had several questions
while reading this passage:

Acts 4:25 EQNH KAI LAOI
Acts 4:27 EQNESIN KAI LAOIS ISRAHL

What is the difference between EQNH and LAOI? How is the phrase EQNESIN KAI
LAOIS ISRAHL to be understood?

Acts 4:31 KAI DEHQENTWN AUTWN

OK, it is a genitive aorist participle, but what does that mean? Zerwick's
Grammatical Analysis has a terse reference to "absolute of prayer, genitive
absolute". How is this phrase to be understood?

Acts 4:34 PWLOUNTES

Is this a nominative absolute?

Acts 4:36 BARNABAS - hUIOS PARAKLHSEWS

Zerwick says hUIOS PARAKLHSEWS is "not possibly a translation of Barnabas".
Any comment on this? No less an authority than my 6th grade Sunday School
teacher told me that it was...

Thanks!

Jonathan

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