Ephesians ~ Present Perfect
Bill Ross
wross at farmerstel.com
Tue Apr 27 18:32:58 EDT 1999
{Bill}
I *really* want to put this thing to bed, but it is so interesting and
instructive that I can't seem to do it. (This is how the book of Job got so
long).
{Carl}
And that is that this is a PRESENT PERFECT tense form;
{Bill}
Is this to be distinguished from the PERFECT?
{Carl}
That's my point: you cannot isolate the ESTE from SESWiSMENOI and deem it to
have a meaning in the Greek here all by itself. It just doesn't have that
meaning by itself; it has it only in conjunction with the participle.
{Bill}
SESWiSMENOI without ESTE is grammatically incorrect because the proper form
includes EIMI, because of the awkward morphology of conjugating it without
it?
SESWiSMENOI without ESTE is sort of like saying "you saved" when you mean
"you are saved" (but in Greek should be "you are been saved")?
I think I'm getting it.
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