I John 2:2 - hHMETERWN DE MONON

From: Mike Sangrey (mike@sojurn.lns.pa.us)
Date: Fri Jul 16 1999 - 09:56:17 EDT


This is probably a Greek 101 question, so forgive me for its
simplicity. (I hope this hasn't been asked a hundred times!)

In I John 2:2 we have

    KAI AUTOS hILASMOS ESTIN PERI TWN hAMARTIWN hHMWN, OU PERI TWN
hHMETERWN DE MONON ALLA KAI...

MONON, being an accusative, surprised me. I would have thought it
should agree with hHMETERWN. Does MONON modify the whole
prepositional phrase (PERI TWN hHMETERWN)?

Also, and I suspect this is related to the first question, what
function is DE performing?

Could MONON be adverbial, thus giving: "He is the expiation, the
only one existing..."?

Thanks for any help as PARAKOLOUQEW FRONOUNTA EN TNi hELLHNIKHi.

-- 
Mike Sangrey
mike@sojurn.lns.pa.us

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