From: clayton stirling bartholomew (c.s.bartholomew@worldnet.att.net)
Date: Sat Jul 10 1999 - 17:20:13 EDT
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I have a VERY little greek question that is puzzling me and my greek professors are away doing the things of summer break <g>.<BR>
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Matt 8:5 EISELQONTOS DE AUTOU EIS KAFARNAOUM....<BR>
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NRSV When he entered Capernaum...<BR>
NASB And when He had entered Capernaum...<BR>
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Is the AUTOU a g/s/m noun, or is it the adverb "that place" refering to KAFARNAOUM? <BR>
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(1) I understand the subject "He" is imbedded in the participle, so I can't understand AUTOU as a gentive noun gramatically. I only pose the question in case I'm missing some kind of "exception" I should know about!<BR>
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(2) EIS KAFARNAOUM looks straightforward, and and so an adverb here seems redundant, but it is the only way I can understand the grammar of this.<BR>
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Can someone clarify this for me? Thanks.<BR>
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Greg Kilbrai<BR>
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Greg,<BR>
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Is a genitive absolute. AUTOU is an anaphoric pronoun. Participles are NOT inflected for person so AUTOU is required. You will find genitive absolute constructions at the beginning of many of Matthew's narrative units.<BR>
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Clayton Stirling Bartholomew<BR>
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