Re: What does (feminine) TH refer to in Romans 5:15?

From: Ben Crick (ben.crick@argonet.co.uk)
Date: Thu Jun 04 1998 - 01:00:19 EDT


On Wed 3 Jun 98 (15:12:54), wross@farmerstel.com wrote:
> TH TOU ENOS ANQRWPOU
> translated "by the one man"
>
> Is TH the article of something?
> Is it proper to use it standing alone as "by", with no feminine noun
> associated with it?
> Wouldn't "to" or "in" be better, since it is dative?

 Dear Bill:

 My GNT reads THi (with iota subscript), the definite article as a relative
 demonstrative pronoun, dative feminine singular, agreeing with *CARITI*
 which precedes it. So I translate, "... by much more, the grace of God and
 the gift which [is] by the grace of the one man Jesus Christ, have abounded
 to the many". The dual subject of EPERISSEUSEN is "hH CARIS TOU QEOU KAI hH
 DWREA EN CARITI_THi TOU hENOS ANQRWPOU IHSOU CRISTOU". That's quite a
 mouthful!

 OK Bill?
 Ben

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