58 Paul Danove But a certain poor man … Lazarus by name, had been cast [and set] at his gate (Luke 16,20) πτωχὸς δέ τις ὀνόματι Λάζαρος ἐβέβλητο πρὸς τὸν πυλῶνα αὐτοῦ ... [a crippled man] whom they placed every day at the gate of the Temple… (Acts 3,2) ὃν ἐτίθουν καθ᾿ ἡμέραν πρὸς τὴν θύραν τοῦ ἱεροῦ.... In the third occurrence, ἁρπάζω (take up) is completed by two coor- dinated πρός complements. The former designates a +animate Goal, and the latter a –animate Locative: Her child was taken up to God [and set] at his throne (Rev 12,5) ἡρπάσθη τὸ τέκνον αὐτῆς πρὸς τὸν θεὸν καὶ πρὸς τὸν θρόνον αὐτοῦ. The –animate Theme appears with a –animate πρός complement only in Acts 13,36 with προστίθημι (add, place [in addition]) and in Acts 4,37 with φέρω (bring); and the πρός complement functions as a Locative13. The classification of “David” and “ancestors” reflects the fact that both are portrayed as no longer living in the context: David…slept and was placed with his ancestors and saw corruption (Acts 13,36) ∆αυὶδ...ἐκοιμήθη καὶ προσετέθη πρὸς τοὺς πατέρας αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶδεν διαφθοράν They brought the wealth / proceeds and placed [it] at the feet of the apostles (Acts 4,37) ἤνεγκαν τὸ χρῆμα καὶ ἔθηκεν πρὸς τοὺς πόδας τῶν ἀποστόλων. These considerations permit the formulation of the following descrip- tive rule for required πρός complements of verbs of transference14: Except in the context of an intruding grammatical principle (as in Heb 5,7), the required πρός complement functions as a Goal when it is +animate The definite null Theme with τίθημι in Acts 4,37 may be retrieved from earlier in 13 the verse. These twelve verbs appear elsewhere with a πρός complement only in John 11,15 with 14 ἄγω. In this occurrence, ἄγω designates an event of motion, requires completion by only two complements, and has the interpretation “go”; and the πρός complement designates a +animate entity (Lazarus) and functions as a Goal.