[b-greek] Re: Reflexive Pronoun in Eph.5:19

From: Carl W. Conrad (cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu)
Date: Fri Feb 22 2002 - 00:06:06 EST


At 7:32 PM -0600 2/21/02, Kevin Cauley wrote:
>According to Smyth, sometimes, the reflexive pronoun can be used
>reciprocally. Is that the case in Ephesians 5:19 and Colossians 3:16?
>
>Eph.5:19 LALOUNTES EAUTOIS PSALMOIS KAI UMVOIS KAI WDAIS PNEUMATIKAIS
>ADONTES KAI YALLONTES EN TH KARDIA UMWN TW KURIW
>
>COL 3:16 hO LOGOS TOU CRISTOU ENOIKEITW EN UMIN PLOUSIWS EN PASH SOFIA
>DIDASKONTES KAI VOUQETOUNTES EAUTOUS YALMOIS KAI UMNOIS KAI WDAIS
>PNEUMATIKAIS EN XARITI ADONTES EN TH KARDIA UMWN TW KURIW

Yes, this is less common in classical Attic, but the usage of hEAUTOIS as
equivalent to ALLHLOIS is not at all uncommon in Hellenistic Greek.
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