Patrick A. Tiller 50 Here, the trigger for the reflexive is God, the underlying subject of the participle and agent of the action of the participle. The syntax of the matrix clause is irrelevant. Even when a participle is the subject of the matrix clause, the trigger of the reflexive is the underlying subject of the participle, not the participle itself. Gal 6:8 oJ speivrwn eij~ th;n savrka eJautou` ejk th`~ sarko;~ qerivsei the one-who-sows to the flesh of-himself from the flesh he-shall-reap fqoravn, ... corruption, ... He who sows to his flesh shall reap corruption from the flesh, .... Similar examples can be given for infinitives. In each of the following examples, the trigger is the subject of the infinitive but not the subject of the matrix clause. Matt 8:22 afe~ tou;~ nekrou;~ qavyai tou;~ eJautw'n [ nekrouv~. let the dead bury the of-themselves dead. Acts 26:1 epitrepetaiv soi peri; seautou` levgein. j v it-is-permitted to-you about yourself to-speak. Jn 5:26 ou{tw~ kai; tw'/ uJiw'/ e[dwken zwh;n e[cein ejn eJautw'/. so also to-the son he-gave life to-have in himself. Acts 15:39 egeneto de; paroxusmo;~ w{ste ajpocwrisqh`nai aujtou;~ ajp’ jv there-was but a-sharp-dispute so-that to-be-divided them from allhlwn ... jv one-another ... But there arose a sharp dispute, so that they were divided from one another ... Especially in the last example, it is clear that the trigger is the subject of the infinitive and not anything in the matrix clause since there is noth- ing in the matrix clause to correspond to the referent of the reflexive. There is one example of a reflexive in an embedded clause with no antecedent in its clause but which for special reasons must be considered a direct reflexive. Rom 1:12 touto dev ejstin sumparaklhqh`nai ejn uJmi`n dia; th`~ ejn ` this but is to-be-encouraged-together among you through the in ajllhvloi~ pivstew~ uJmw'n te kai; ejmou`. each-other faith of-you both and of-me. But that is for me to be encouraged while among you through the faith that is in each other – both yours and mine. The subject of the infinitive sumparaklhqh`nai is an underlying mev (‘me’); otherwise ejn uJmi`n (‘among you’) would make little sense. The trigger of ajllhvloi~ should be hJma`~ (‘us’) which is nowhere in the con-