| This
is a good place to review the uses of the conjunction kai,,
only here we will classify them for easier identification.
(1) Connective,
"and."
(2) Adjunctive (or adverbial use), "also,
too"
avlhqw/j
kai. su. evx auvtw/n ei=
Truly
you also are [one] of them (Matt 26:73)
(3) Ascensive (so-called because it heightens a point being
made), "even."
o` de. Si,mwn
kai. auvto.j evpi,steusen
Now even
Simon himself believed (Acts 8:13)
(4) Inclusive (or kai.)))kai,
construction), "both...and." |
| In
the last module we were introduced to the conjunction o[ti.
This conjunction has four basic uses.
(1) Direct (or recitative)
usage: used to introduce a direct quotation.
In English the o[ti
is untranslated, but the text following it is set off with quotation
marks.
evkei/noj
e;legen o[ti evgw, eivmi
He
kept saying, "I am" (John 9:9)
(2) Indirect usage: used to introduce indirect quotation,
"that."
ouvc h`
grafh. ei=pen o[ti evk tou/ spe,rmatoj Daui.d)))e;rcetai o`
cristo,jČ
Did not
the Scripture say that the Christ comes from the seed of
David? (John 7:42) (3)
Epexegetical (or explanatory) after a demonstrative
pronoun, "that."
Kai.
e;stin au[th h` avggeli,a)))( o[ti o` qeo.j fw/j evstin
And this is the message..., that God
is light (1 John 1:5) (4) Causal,
"because."
le,gei auvtw/| o`
VIhsou/j( {Oti e`w,raka,j me pepi,steukajČ
Jesus says to
him, "Because you have seen me you believe?" |