From: clayton stirling bartholomew (c.s.bartholomew@worldnet.att.net)
Date: Sat Jul 18 1998 - 14:19:31 EDT
In Acts 13:12 the phrase EPI THi DIDACHi TOU KURIOU is joined with the
participle EKPLYSSOMENOS without comment in the several commentaries I
checked. It seems that one could also join this phrase to EPISTEUSEN,
understanding the phrase EPI THi DIDACHi TOU KURIOU as providing the content
of EPISTEUSEN. In this case the participle EKPLYSSOMENOS could serve an
adverbial function limiting EPISTEUSEN.
I checked BAGD and found some examples of PISTEUW + EPI + dative (Acts 11:17).
This is not an impossible construction. Therefore, I am wondering why this
particular reading is not even considered as a possibility? Why is it so very
obvious that the phrase EPI THi DIDACHi TOU KURIOU should be joined with the
participle EKPLYSSOMENOS?
If the answer to this is word order, then I am completely baffled because both
of these readings seem to be quite reasonable given this word order.
Off Topic:
Acts 13:6-12 is a striking passage. Paul's words to O MAGOS are harsh
and then he strikes him blind. O ANQUPATOS seems to be impressed with
this. In the mind of a Roman official, it may have seemed that the magic of
Paul was more powerful than the magic of ELUMAS O MAGOS. Power being something
that a Roman would have understood.
The Apostle Paul certainly would have been thrown off the b-greek list for
this kind of behavior.
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