Fwd: AORIST VS PRESENT INFINITIVE

Moon-Ryul Jung moon at saint.soongsil.ac.kr
Fri May 28 20:47:37 EDT 1999


The recent discussion on a sequence of aorist-present imperatives got my 
attraction.
The two answers are interesting to me. 
 
[Cyndy]
>The main point in 2:13 is to flee (FEUGE), and the main
point in 2:20 is to go (POREUOU). The aorist commands
to get up (EGERQEIS) and take (PARALABE) the child are
secondary and supportive to the main
points to 'flee' and 'go'.<

[Mary]
Alternatively, we can consider that this is a passage where the "rules"
of grammar work: PARALABE is aorist imperative because Joseph needs to
grab up his family only once, whereas fleeing (FEUGE) and making his way
(POREUOU) all the way to Egypt will be a process involving some time. 

[Moon]

Can these theories or explanations be applied to Mark 2:


EGEIRE (present)  KAI ARON (aorist) TON KRABATTON SOU KAI PERIPATEI 
(present)

"Arise, take, and go".

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



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