hOTAN + subjunctive vs. hOtE + future indicative
Steven Lo Vullo
slovullo at mac.com
Wed Apr 24 23:32:02 EDT 2002
on 4/24/02 6:05 PM, Steven Lo Vullo at slovullo at mac.com wrote:
> The difference between Luke 23.42 and Luke 17.22, IMO, is that Luke 17.22
> expresses a prophetic utterance of a future event, which is aptly conveyed
> by the future tense verb and hOTE. Luke 23.42 is a plea (MNHSQHTI MOU
> hOTAN); Luke 17.22 is a prophecy (ELEUSONTAI hHMERAI hOTE).
Luke 23.42 KAI ELEGEN: IHSOU, MNHSQHTI MOU hOTAN ELQHiS EIS THN BASILEIAN
SOU.
Luke 17.22 EIPEN DE PROS TOUS MAQHTAS: ELEUSONTAI hHMERAI hOTE EPIQUMHSETE
MIAN TWN hHMERWN TOU hUIOU TOU ANQRWPOU IDEIN KAI OUK OYESQE.
Rob:
When I earlier resonded to your query there something else I wanted to
mention about the differences between Luke 23.42 and Luke 17.22. But I was
exhausted and in a hurry to take a nap, and so forgot. It dawned on me only
after I had settled in.
A close look at the uses of the temporal conjunctions hOTAN (23.42) and hOTE
(17.22) reveals that they have different functions in their respective
sentences. hOTAN is a subordinating temporal conjunction dependent on the
verb MNHSQHTI. hOTE, though also a subordinating temporal conjunction, is in
this case functioning epexegetically, clarifying or completing hHMERAI. Note
how you can flip the clauses in the case of 23.42 and still make sense:
"Remember me when you come into your kingdom."
or
"When you come into your kingdom, remember me."
You cannot do the same with 17.22:
"Days are coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of
Man, and you will not see it."
but
"When you long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not
see it, days are coming."
So hOTAN is adverbial, dependent on the verb MNHSQHTI. But hOTE is
epexegetical, completing or clarifying the noun hHMERAI. The sense of hOTE
with hHMERAI is, "Days when you long to see one of the days of the Son of
Man, and you will not see it, are coming."
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Steven Lo Vullo
Madison, WI
slovullo at mac.com
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