Need Help Finding a Contemporaneous Infinitive + Accusative Subject Construction

Kiyah
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edited November 2024 in English Forum

I was reading Luke 24 in the NA28 (or rather attempting to do so lol) and I came across two confusing constructions I didn't know what to do with (underlined below):

Luke 24:30: καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ κατακλιθῆναι αὐτὸν μετʼ αὐτῶν...

Translated: When he was at the table with them…

Luke 24:51: καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ εὐλογεῖν αὐτὸν αὐτοὺς...

Translated: While he was blessing them…

 

After much digging, I learned from Wallace’s Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics that this is a Contemporaneous use of the Infinitive with an Accusative Subject (see p.595 and pp.192-196 respectively).

I would like to find all instances of contemporaneous usage of the infinitive with an accusative subject in the NT. I used the morph query builder (which requires me to use the SBLGNT) to find the contemporaneous usage but (1) I’m not certain I found all of them and (2) I haven't yet incorporated the accusative subject. I thought I'd get some help from power users before I continued tinkering to see if there was an easier and more reliable way.

What’s the best and most accurate way to find all instances of this construction in the NA28?

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  • Graham Criddle
    Graham Criddle MVP Posts: 32,783

    As far as I can see, you can do this in a Morph Search using:

    lemma:ἐν BEFORE 1 WORDS τῷ BEFORE 1 WORDS @V??N BEFORE 1 WORDS @R??A

    You can get the same results from a Morph Doc