[B-Greek] Luke 1:4 PERI hWN KATHCHQHS LOGWN THN ASFALEIAN

Jonathan Robie jwrobie at mindspring.com
Fri Mar 9 10:18:24 EST 2007


I'm almost convinced that I've conquered this sentence:

01 EPEIDHPER POLLOI EPECEIRHSAN ANATAXASQAI DIHGHSIN PERI TWN 
PEPLHROFORHMENWN EN hHMIN PRAGMATWN, 02 KAQWS PAREDOSAN hHMIN hOI AP 
ARCHS AUTOPTAI KAI hUPHRETAI GENOMENOI TOU LOGOU, 03 EDOXE KAMOI 
PARHKOLOUQHKOTI ANWQEN PASIN AKRIBWS KAQEXHS SOI GRAYAI, KRATISTE 
QEOFILE, 04 hINA EPIGNWiS PERI hWN KATHCHQHS LOGWN THN ASFALEIAN.

Except for the last phrase:  PERI hWN KATHCHQHS LOGWN THN ASFALEIAN. 
Does THN ASFALEAN modify LOGWN, as I had assumed? Most translations 
don't seem to think so - they say something like "so that you can know 
with certainty", and I assume the certainty comes from ASFALEAN. But how 
can ASFALEAN modify EPIGNWiS?

Jonathan


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