Thanks for your wonderful answers, which not only explained what the text
says, but really helped me see why I was reading it wrong.
Now there's one detail that I want to follow up on...
Edgar Krentz wrote:
>Jonathan Robie wrote:
>>Roma 1:30 (GNT) katalalous qeostugeis ubristas uperhfanous alazonas,
>>efeuretas kakwn, goneusin apeiqeis,
>>
>>Why are these all accusative?
>If I were your classroom teacher, Jonathan, I would respond to you by
>asking whether you could find any other accusative plural masculine nouns
>or pronouns with which the terms you ask about could be in concord? Look
>further than the immdediate context in the entire sentence.
It would be *wonderful* if you *were* my classroom teacher, Edgar!
Since I don't have a classroom teacher, let me pretend you are and
try answering this...does it hang off of AUTOUS just like the
other clauses?
Jonathan
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