Mark 2:9: present imperative and aorist imperative

Moon-Ryul Jung moon at saint.soongsil.ac.kr
Sat Mar 27 22:47:41 EST 1999


In Mark 2:9 we read:
 EGEIRE KAI ARON TON KRABATTON SOU KAI PERIPATEI.

Is there any reason why the author uses a sequence of 
present imperative, aorist imperative, and present imperative?

Especially I do not understand the point of present-aorist 
sequence, "Be arising and take". Perhaps I do not understand
present imperatives. Do they generally have "inchoative meaning",
i.e. "start doing X"?

Sincerely
Moon
Moon-Ryul Jung
Assistant Professor
Dept of Computer Science
Soongsil University, Seoul, Korea
 



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