Re: he, it, hes, its...
Carlton Winbery (winberyc@popalex1.linknet.net)
Sat, 15 Nov 1997 09:52:44 +0400
Ward Powers wrote;
>Similarly with PNEUMA, when referring to the Holy Spirit: the neuter AUTO
>is the form normally used, and again would be rendered in English by "him".
>It does happen in the GNT though that the grammatical agreement rule is
>breached, and AUTOS (i.e., the masculine form) is used in reference to the
>Holy Spirit, though I just could not put my finger on where this occurs.
>
Perhaps you are thinking of John 14:26 where EKEINOS is used, but its
antecedent is PARAKLHTOS not PNEUMA. the strange thing there is that the
relative hO in the preceding clause has PNEUMA for its antecedent while the
later EKEINOS refers back to PARAKLHTOS. I know of no other place in the
NT where the masc. pronoun is used for PNEUMA.
Carlton Winbery
Fogleman Professor of Religion
Louisiana College
Pineville, LA 71359
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