Meaning of the perfect tense

Alan B. Thomas a_b_thomas at yahoo.com
Tue Jan 16 14:37:01 EST 2001


Mark translated part of Jn 5.24 as

> >  "this one has eternal life and does not come into
> judgment
> >  why...
> >  (because) this one now (concurrent with DC)
> resides in a state of life, 
> >  having passed out of death."
> >  

Part of Cindy's response include...
 
> While some communication is written or recorded with
> a deictic center related 
> to recipients that are receiving it at a later time,
> in Jn. 5:24, the 
> intended recipients are present, so I don't think
> that the deictic center can 
> be located in the way you are describing. It is not
> really what is meant by 
> 'the context of the utterance', which is what deixis
> is about.


Cindy:

Would you expand on this a bit. After reading Mark's
suggested translation, I did feel that it was
addressed to those present at the time of utterance.

I think your suggestion that this is true in an
omnitemporal sense is correct, but what are the
grammatical clues to suggest this?


=====
Sincerely,

Alan B. Thomas

"Just think how fast lightning would be
if it didn't zigzag."

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