[b-greek] Re: Luke 5:7  From: Stephen C. Carlson
(scarlson@mindspring.com) Date: Tue Jun 19 2001 - 00:06:04 EDT
At 09:10 PM 6/17/01 -0700, Kenneth Litwak wrote: > I have some
questions on the first half of Luke >1. When is it legitimate to
take the definite article >as a possessive? The first TOIS
construciton is >clealry missing AUTWN or the like, and I'm
wondering >if the article alone is considered to do that job?
In this case, the use of the possessive as in the NRSV's "So
they signaled their partners" is governed by English's idiomatic
considerations, not Greek's. For exmaple, the AV puts the
"their" in italics, signaling that it was added to complete the
sense of the Greek but not literally present.  >2. TOU plus an
infinitive is common, but what about >the aorist participle
between the two? I know the >parti8ciple can be used as an
imperative, but as part >of a compound infinitive? Is it "to,
afterhaving >come, help" or "to come and help"?  It is a
circumstantial participle, and its precise nuance ha