[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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