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by Stephen Carlson
August 8th, 2012, 7:03 pm
Forum: Syntax and Grammar
Topic: Theoretical Nature of Prepositional Phrases
Replies: 26
Views: 14092

Re: Rom 5:15 ἐν χάριτι τῇ τοῦ ἕνὸς ἄνθρωπου

Thanks for your thoughts, Alan. I'm not familiar with the view that all prepositional phrases are adverbial, and in fact that theory seems dubious to me (at least for Indo-European languages).
by Stephen Carlson
August 8th, 2012, 11:54 am
Forum: Teaching and Learning Greek
Topic: "Best" Passages for Teaching Syntax
Replies: 2
Views: 5425

Re: "Best" Passages for Teaching Syntax

I haven't amassed a lot of example passages yet, so I'm interested to see what people have. For liquid futures, I like to compare and contrast Rom 2:16 ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ὅτε κρίνει ὁ θεὸς τὰ κρυπτά ... with v.27 καὶ κρινεῖ and point out how the earliest manuscripts don't have accents and the need to look at ...
by Stephen Carlson
August 8th, 2012, 9:54 am
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Perry Stepp
Replies: 2
Views: 1865

Re: Perry Stepp

Great to see you on B-Greek again, Perry!
by Stephen Carlson
August 7th, 2012, 10:30 pm
Forum: New Testament
Topic: Rom 5:15 ἐν χάριτι τῇ τοῦ ἕνὸς ἄνθρωπου
Replies: 3
Views: 2029

Rom 5:15 ἐν χάριτι τῇ τοῦ ἕνὸς ἄνθρωπου

Chris Tilling on his Chrisendom blog has a post about the Greek of Rom 5:25 . Tilling is asking about the role of the dative article τῇ following χάριτι, but I want to ask a different question. Ἀλλ᾽ οὐχ ὡς τὸ παράπτωμα, οὕτως καὶ τὸ χάρισμα· εἰ γὰρ τῷ τοῦ ἑνὸς παραπτώματι οἱ πολλοὶ ἀπέθανον, πολλῷ μ...
by Stephen Carlson
August 7th, 2012, 2:04 pm
Forum: What does this text mean?
Topic: John 15:27 ὅτι = because
Replies: 3
Views: 1766

Re: John 15:27 ὅτι = because

George, I think the original poster is aware that ὅτι is a marker of causality but is wondering how one can identify this use instead of the more common recitative use as a complementizer. In this case, I think the expression καὶ ὑμεῖς with the adverbial καί (you too) indicates that Jesus's disciple...
by Stephen Carlson
August 7th, 2012, 1:56 pm
Forum: New Testament
Topic: Mark 14:51-52 σινδών, γυμνός
Replies: 2
Views: 872

Re: Mark 14:51-52 σινδών, γυμνός

I've long been puzzled by the "loosely clad stripling" (Bentham's expression) in Mark 14:51. I had spent some time with the verse because it was a fascination of Morton Smith. My inclination is to see some sort of connection to the the young man at the resurrection, but like much in Mark i...
by Stephen Carlson
August 7th, 2012, 1:48 pm
Forum: New Testament
Topic: Mark 6:52 - επι τοις αρτοις
Replies: 11
Views: 2647

Re: Mark 6:52 - επι τοις αρτοις

I can't really speak to what "seems very unusual" to you, but BDAG gives what seems to me to be what is the usual scholarly understanding of the preposition in Mark 6:52. I have no idea what the KJV is supposed to mean with "consider"; perhaps there's some archaic usage of this v...
by Stephen Carlson
August 7th, 2012, 9:53 am
Forum: New Testament
Topic: Mark 6:52 - επι τοις αρτοις
Replies: 11
Views: 2647

Re: Mark 6:52 - επι τοις αρτοις

BDAG s.v. ἐπί (6), p. 364, classes this use of ἐπί as a "marker of basis for a state of being, action, or result" and generally glosses the preposition as "on" or "on the basis of." For Mark 6:52 in particular, it suggests "they did not arrive at an understanding (...
by Stephen Carlson
August 7th, 2012, 12:22 am
Forum: New Testament
Topic: Mark 14:37 καθεύδεις ... ἴσχυσατε
Replies: 1
Views: 557

Re: Mark 14:37 καθεύδεις ... ἴσχυσατε

Jonathan Robie wrote:But why would that switch occur within verse 37?
It could be a harmonization to the local context. That happens all the time in the transmission of the text.
by Stephen Carlson
August 5th, 2012, 11:46 am
Forum: New Testament
Topic: Mark 14:8 ὃ ἔσχεν ἐποίησεν
Replies: 9
Views: 1843

Re: Mark 14:8 ὃ ἔσχεν ἐποίησεν

This is helpful. I suppose that Greek ἔχω + inf. and Eng. "have to" + inf. are "false friends."

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