Re: More Genea

From: Carl W. Conrad (cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu)
Date: Sun Apr 02 2000 - 12:08:31 EDT


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<div>At 8:58 AM -0400 4/2/00, RHutchin@aol.com wrote:</div>
<div>&gt;I am still working on Matthew 24:34 and have some more
questions.&nbsp; If I get<br>
&gt;overbearing, let me know.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;Matthew 24:34 reads:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;AMHN LEGW hUMIN hOTI OU MH PARELQHi hH GENEA hAUTH hEWS AN PANTA
TAUTA<br>
&gt;GENHTAI.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;Questions.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;1.&nbsp; According to the Fribergs, PARELQHi is subjuntive,
aorist, active.&nbsp; Why<br>
&gt;would Jesus use that verb form instead of the future tense?&nbsp;
What idea is a</div>
<div>&gt;person able&nbsp; to convey by using that verb
form?&nbsp;<br>
</div>
<div>OU MH + subjunctive (usually aorist) is the strongest way to
formulate an affirmation of what must be. In older English (hardly
anybody uses this distinction even in writing nowadays), it is what
was expressed using SHALL in the second and third person as an
auxiliary rather than WILL, e.g. &quot;You SHALL not cross this
line!&quot; or &quot;This generation SHALL NOT pass until everything
has happened.&quot;</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>&gt;2.&nbsp; Would a person ever say, hAUTH hH GENEA.&nbsp; I
did not find the phrase in<br>
&gt;the NT.&nbsp; Does the word order make a difference in the
location of hAUTH in</div>
<div>&gt;the context presented by this verse?<br>
</div>
<div>21 instances in the GNT:<font color="#007700"> Matt. 12:45,
Matt. 23:36, Matt. 24:34,&nbsp; Mark 8:1,2 Mark 8:38, Mark 13:30,
Luke 7:31, Luke 11:29,30, 31. 32, Luke 11:50, Luke 16:8, Luke 17:25,
Luke 21:32,Acts 2:40,&nbsp; Heb. 3:10. &quot;This generation&quot; is
in fact a very common phrase in the GNT and, as I recall (I found it
in the LXX in Psalm 11:8 and 23:6.</font></div>
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<div><font color="#007700">The only two possible word-orders are
hAUTH hH GENEA and hH GENEA hAUTH; since hAUTH is a demonstrative, it
must take a predicate position with respect to the article and
noun--it can't be attributive.</font></div>
<div><br></div>
<div>&gt;3.&nbsp; Jesus could (I think) have said, hH AUTH GENEA to
get the same point<br>
&gt;across.&nbsp; What idea would a person be able to convey by using
hH GENEA hAUTH</div>
<div>&gt;that he might not in using hH AUTH GENEA?</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>hH AUTH GENEA would mean &quot;the same generation&quot;, but if
you meant to write, hH hAUTH GENEA, that would be using hAUTH in
attributive position and it just isn't done.</div>

<div>-- <br>
<br>
Carl W. Conrad<br>
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