KATARTIZW Perfect M/P

B.J. Williamson hellen_ic at hotmail.com
Mon May 22 01:02:30 EDT 2000




Issue: Perfect Middle/Passive of KATARTIZW

Passages: Luke 6:40, 1 Cor. 1:20, 2 Cor. 13:11, Heb. 11:3

According to some, the above passages support the contention
that the Perfect M/P of KATARTIZW should, as a rule, be taken
as Passive.

To my surprise, when I looked these four passages up, I felt that
the Middle was more prominent in the first three, while only the
last passage (Heb. 11:3) was clearly Passive.

In other words, the very passages that are used to support taking
KATARTIZW as Passive, seemed to support it as a Middle!

1 out of 4?

(Exclude Romans 9:22, since this is hotly debated.)

Respectfully,

B.J. Williamson






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