παντας John 2:15

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tmmoser
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παντας John 2:15

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καὶ εὗρεν ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ τοὺς πωλοῦντας βόας καὶ πρόβατα καὶ περιστερὰς καὶ τοὺς κερματιστὰς καθημένους, 15καὶ ποιήσας φραγέλλιον ἐκ σχοινίων πάντας ἐξέβαλεν ἐκ τοῦ ἱεροῦ τά τε πρόβατα καὶ τοὺς βόας, καὶ τῶν κολλυβιστῶν ἐξέχεεν τὰ κέρματα καὶ τὰς τραπέζας ἀνέστρεψεν,
John 2:14-15


Do you think παντας is in apposition to τοὺς πωλοῦντας βόας καὶ πρόβατα καὶ περιστερὰς καὶ τοὺς κερματιστὰς or τά τε πρόβατα καὶ τοὺς βόας? I tend to think it is the latter considering a collective containing a masculine can be referred to as masculine, and παντας is removed from both collectives so its proximity isn't much help.
Barry Hofstetter
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Re: παντας John 2:15

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Of the preceding, I think. John throws in the particle τε, which appears to have the force of adding in more objects here. The sense is "He kicked out all of them, and their animals too."
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καὶ σὺ τὸ σὸν ποιήσεις κἀγὼ τὸ ἐμόν. ἆρον τὸ σὸν καὶ ὕπαγε.
tmmoser
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Re: παντας John 2:15

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That makes sense; I agree that Jesus kicked them all out so it is best to take παντας with those selling and the animals. How then do we decide who received the φραγελλιον? I lean towards it only being used on the harder to move animals, the oxen and the sheep since he addresses those selling pigeons further down a couple of 'sequence' points away from his initial driving out.
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