Luke 8:27 ἐξελθόντι δὲ αὐτῷ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν

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Luke 8:27 ἐξελθόντι δὲ αὐτῷ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν

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It seems to me that ἐξελθόντι δὲ αὐτῷ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν in Luke 8:27 functions as contextualizer like Mk 5:2 καὶ ἐξελθόντος αὐτοῦ ἐκ τοῦ πλοίου. Marshal (Luke NIGTC 1979) suggests that Luke "corrected" the genitive absolute to a dative. I can sort of understand that, ὑπήντησεν takes a dative argument. But in terms of discourse function the dative participle clause would serve the same function as the genitive, would it not?
Luke 8:26 Καὶ κατέπλευσαν εἰς τὴν χώραν τῶν Γερασηνῶν, ἥτις ἐστὶν ἀντιπέρα τῆς Γαλιλαίας. 27 ἐξελθόντι δὲ αὐτῷ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν ὑπήντησεν ἀνήρ τις ἐκ τῆς πόλεως ἔχων δαιμόνια καὶ χρόνῳ ἱκανῷ οὐκ ἐνεδύσατο ἱμάτιον καὶ ἐν οἰκίᾳ οὐκ ἔμενεν ἀλλ᾿ ἐν τοῖς μνήμασιν.

Mark 5:1 Καὶ ἦλθον εἰς τὸ πέραν τῆς θαλάσσης εἰς τὴν χώραν τῶν Γερασηνῶν. 2 καὶ ἐξελθόντος αὐτοῦ ἐκ τοῦ πλοίου εὐθὺς ὑπήντησεν αὐτῷ ἐκ τῶν μνημείων ἄνθρωπος ἐν πνεύματι ἀκαθάρτῳ,

Matt. 8:28 Καὶ ἐλθόντος αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸ πέραν εἰς τὴν χώραν τῶν Γαδαρηνῶν ὑπήντησαν αὐτῷ δύο δαιμονιζόμενοι ἐκ τῶν μνημείων ἐξερχόμενοι, χαλεποὶ λίαν, ὥστε μὴ ἰσχύειν τινὰ παρελθεῖν διὰ τῆς ὁδοῦ ἐκείνης.
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Re: Luke 8:27 ἐξελθόντι δὲ αὐτῷ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν

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Yes, it should have the same discourse function.
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Re: Luke 8:27 ἐξελθόντι δὲ αὐτῷ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν

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Stephen Carlson wrote:Yes, it should have the same discourse function.
Thank you.
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