Re: Acts 5:31 ARXHGON KAI SWTHRA
Carl W. Conrad (cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu)
Fri, 3 Jan 1997 13:51:09 -0600
At 1:19 PM -0600 1/3/97, Carl W. Conrad wrote:
>At 12:58 PM -0600 1/3/97, Jonathan Robie wrote:
>>How should I understand the accusative for ARXHGON KAI SWTHRA in this phra=
se:
>>
>> TOUTON hO QEOS ARXHGON KAI SWTHRA hUYWSEN THi DEXIAi AUTOU
>Isn't this simply the direct object of hUYWSEN? I suppose that you'd
>probably have to understand hHMWN with ARXHGON KAI SWTHRA. I'd have to say,
>however, that this looks like more home-made Greek, a patchwork made of a
>phrase from Hebrews and a phrase from Paul and a verb from John's gospel.
>The dative in THi DEXIAi AUTOU strikes me as sort of fishy. PLEASE don't
>tell me that it comes straight out of the NT! (I do think you would have
>cited author-chapter-and-verse).
>
>For what it's worth, this comment is neither gold, dross, nor fluff. It's
>closer to froth, which may be akin to a mome rath. Silence, perhaps, were
>preferable.
Clearly silence WERE preferable. Of course, as Carlton rightly notes,
TOUTON is the direct object, ARXHGON KAI SWTHRA predicate accusative with
hUYWSEN.
Carl W. Conrad
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