Paul Danove 76 tivne~ ga;r ajkouvsante~ parepivkranan… ajllæ ouj pavnte~ oiJ ejxelqovnte~ ex Aijguvptou dia; Mwu>sevw"… j For who, upon hearing [the Lord’s voice (3:15)], rebelled? But [was]n’t it all those leaving Egypt with Moses? (Heb 3:16a). There are two passive voice content usages of ajkouvw, the subject cor- relative clause which appears only in Luke 12:3 (cited above) and the sub- ject noun phrase which has 49 occurrences 26: hkousqh de; oJ lovgo~ eij~ ta; w\ta th'~ ejkklhsiva~ th'~ ou[sh~ ejn jv Ierousalhm peri; aujtw'n kai; ejxapevsteilan Barnaba'n ªdielqei'nº e{w~ j ; Antioceia" j v And the report about them was heard in the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas [to go] to Antioch (Acts 11:22). 1.4. General Descriptive Rules Concerning the Case of Noun Phrase Objects These results permit a reconsideration of traditional distribution- al rules that attempt to explain the presence of genitive and accusa- tive case noun phrase objects. Such rules, generally rendered in three 1 Kgs 1:41; 5:8; 12:24n; 13:26; 17:22 [A]; 19:13; 20:15; 21:8; 22:28 [A]; 2 Kgs 9:13; 14:11; 17:14, 40 [A]; 18:12, 26, 31, 32; 19:1, 9, 16; 21:12; 22:19; 2 Ch 6:21; 13:4; 18:27; 20:9, 15; 24:19 [A]; 25:20; 29:5; 33:10 [A]; 34:27; 1 Es 5:62; 2 Esdr 13:36; 19:27, 29a, 29b; Esth 1:20; 1 Macc 4:27; 6:28; 16:22; 2 Macc 10:13; 14:37; 4 Macc 15:21; Ps 25:3; 29:11; 33:3; 37:14, 15; 44:11; 47:9; 49:7; 58:8; 65:16; 77:21, 59; 80:8; 93:9; 96:8; 113:14; 134:17 [A]; Prov 4:10; 18:13; 20:12; 23:19; 29:24; Eccl 4:17; Job 1:20 [A]; 13:17a; 21:2; 29:10; 36:11, 31; Wis 6:1; 15:15; Sir 6:23, 33; 11:8; 21:15; 25:9, 18; Amos 3:13; Mic 6:9; Mal 2:2; Isa 1:2; 6:9, 10a, 10b; 7:13; 21:3, 10a; 28:12, 19; 30:15; 32:3, 4; 33:19a, 19b; 34:1a, 1b; 35:5; 36:11; 40:28; 42:18, 20; 44:1, 8; 46:8, 12; 48:14; 50:4; 52:15; 66:8; Jer 6:10a, 10b, 18, 19; 8:6; 13:15, 17; 17:23; 20:1; 22:21; 23:18; 33:3, 11; 36:8; 38:7 [S], 42:14, 15; 43:31; 49:4; Bar 2:16, 31; 3:2, 4:9; Lam 1:18; Ezek 2:5, 7; 3:10, 11, 27a, 27b; 9:5; 10:13; 12:2a, 2b; 18:25; 19:4; 33:4; 35:13; 40:4; Sus 52a [Sy]; 52b [Sy]; Dan 9:18, 19; 12:8; Matt 2:3; 8:10; 9:12; 11:5, 15; 12:24; 13:9, 13,14, 15a, 15b, 16, 17, 43; 15:10; 17:6; 18:16; 19:25; 20:24; 22:22, 33; 27:47; Mark 2:17; 4:3, 9a, 9b, 12a, 12b, 15, 23a, 23b, 33; 6:2, 16; 7:16a, 16b, 37; 8:18; 11:14; 14:11; 15:35; Luke 1:66; 2:18; 5:15; 6:27, 49; 7:22b, 29; 8:8a, 8b, 10, 12, 14, 18, 50; 10:24c; 14:35a, 35b; 18:22, 26; 20:16, 45; 22:71; 23:6; John 1:40; 4:42; 5:25b, 30; 6:45, 60; 7:51; 8:9, 47b; 9:27a, 27b; 11:4, 29; 12:29; Acts 2:8, 37; 4:24; 5:21, 33; 7:2; 8:6; 9:21; 13:16, 48; 16:14; 18:8; 19:5, 28; 21:20; 22:26; 28:26, 27a, 27b, 28; Rom 10:18; 11:8; 1 Cor 14:2; Eph 4:29; Col 1:6; 2 Tim 2:14; 4:17; Heb 2:3; 3:16; 4:2; Jas 1:19; 2:5; 2 Jn 6; Rev 3:3; 13:9; 22:8b, 17. 26 Subject noun phrases (passive, direct): Exod 23:13; Judg 18:25; 1 Sam 1:13; 1 Kgs 6:7; 1 Chr 15:9; 2 Esdr 3:13; 22:42, 43; Esth 1:20; 2:8; 1 Macc 5:63; 14:43; Ps 18:3; Prov 16:21; Eccl 9:16 [A, S], 17; 12:13; Cant 2:12; Sir 33:4; Isa 5:9; 15:4; 42:2; 58:4; 65:19; Jer 3:21; 4:5, 15; 5:21; 6:7; 9:18; 27:46; 29:21; 30:15; 38:15; 40:10; 45:27; Bar 3:22; Ezek 10:15; 19:9; 26:13; 36:15; Dan 10:12; Matt 2:18; Acts 11:22; Heb 2:1; Rev 18:22a, 22b, 23.