Acts 8:10, finding and exposing yet another phantom constructio ad sensum - Hofstetter "you happen to have nailed it"

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Acts 8:10, finding and exposing yet another phantom constructio ad sensum - Hofstetter "you happen to have nailed it"

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Acts 8:10 as constructio ad sensum
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Here is a question about what is written in a Greek grammar book.
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Acts 8:9-10 (AV)
But there was a certain man, called Simon,
which beforetime in the same city used sorcery,
and bewitched the people of Samaria,
giving out that himself was some great one:
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To whom they all gave heed,
from the least to the greatest, saying,
This man is the great power of God.
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TR text (CT texts are similar, no difference on these issues)
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TR
Ἀνὴρ δέ τις ὀνόματι Σίμων προϋπῆρχεν ἐν τῇ πόλει μαγεύων καὶ ἐξιστῶν τὸ ἔθνος τῆς Σαμαρείας λέγων εἶναί τινα ἑαυτὸν μέγαν
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ᾧ προσεῖχον πάντες ἀπὸ μικροῦ ἕως μεγάλου λέγοντες Οὗτός ἐστιν ἡ δύναμις τοῦ θεοῦ ἡ Μεγάλη
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It is said that there is a gender shift here, constructio ad sensum, involving
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this [man] is the power of God
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Why is "the power of God" (predicate nominative) considered even remotely relevant to the antecedent of "this man"?
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Since the antecedent of "this man" is Simon in verse 9 (agreed?) without any grammatical gender discordance, how did this get listed as one of the "clear illustrations" of constructio ad sensum?
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Thanks!
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Steven Avery
 
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