te^n arche^n in John 8:25

Harold R. Holmyard III hholmyard at ont.com
Wed Apr 5 09:02:08 EDT 2000


Dear Jason,
     In the commentaries I find John 8:25 translated various ways. You write:

>I think that the most relevant to your point are ones like Matthew 6:33,
>where PRWTOS {pro^tos) is used to say "at the first."  Your verse says,
>"What did I tell you even 'at the beginning' (THN ARCHN [te^n arche^n])?"

I must be missing something. The verb LALW (tell) is in the present. How do
you put it in the past?

					Yours,
					Harold Holmyard





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