Luke 5:38 BLHTEON

From: Jon R. Venema (Grammata@compuserve.com)
Date: Tue Dec 29 1998 - 18:36:29 EST


Randy wrote:

>Luke 5:38 reads ALLA OINON NEON EIS ASKOUS KAINOUS
>BLHTEON.

{snip}

>But why is the construction in the accusative? Is the understood form
>of EIMI an independent infinitive rather than an indicative?

BLHTEON, verbal adjective in -TEOS (rather -TOS; a hapax [BW,
Gramcord]) is impersonal and transitive governing the accusative
"new wine" (Robertson, Grammar, 1097).

Jon R. Venema
Western Seminary

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