It comes from Acts 5:31, which I cited in the subject line. I should have
cited it in the body of the message - I wasn't trying to set a trap.
>Clearly silence WERE preferable. Of course, as Carlton rightly notes,
>TOUTON is the direct object, ARXHGON KAI SWTHRA predicate accusative with
>hUYWSEN.
Well, this makes me feel better for not understanding it myself ;->
I really found Carlton's post helpful. Parsed this way, it makes sense to
me. Does it read like good Greek now?
But what kind of dative is being used in THi DEXIAi AUTOU? Is this what
Wallace calls a "Dative of sphere?"
Jonathan
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