Summer's - Shared Accusative.
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 3:32 pm
This is from Ray Summer's Essentials of New Testament Greek. (Lesson 3, 17:1:12-Page 21)
οἱ ἀ/γγελοι γινώσκουσι θάνατον καὶ διδάσκουσιν ἀνθρώπους λόγοις.
In this sentence would the first accusative affect the second verb?
The simple - The messengers know death and teach men (with) words.
Alternative - The messengers know death and teach men (death) (with) words.
A Sort of ellipsis - death being the topic of the teaching.
I know in english this treats "death" as a direct object and men as the indirect, and there would be another way to say that in greek, but I'm wondering if this is greek usage also.
οἱ ἀ/γγελοι γινώσκουσι θάνατον καὶ διδάσκουσιν ἀνθρώπους λόγοις.
In this sentence would the first accusative affect the second verb?
The simple - The messengers know death and teach men (with) words.
Alternative - The messengers know death and teach men (death) (with) words.
A Sort of ellipsis - death being the topic of the teaching.
I know in english this treats "death" as a direct object and men as the indirect, and there would be another way to say that in greek, but I'm wondering if this is greek usage also.