John 17:23
c stirling bartholomew
cc.constantine at worldnet.att.net
Sun Aug 18 17:49:54 EDT 2002
on 8/18/02 2:11 PM, Matthew T. Williams wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> My pastor preached in John 17 this morning and as I was following along in
> my text I saw something that caught my eye. In 17:23 John writes;
>
> hINA WSIN TETELEIWMENOI EIS hEN
>
> What caught my eye is the Subjunctive Finite with the Perfect Participle. I
> don't remember seeing this before. I dug through the usual suspects
> (Wallace, BDF, and Robertson) and I didn't come up with a whole lot.
> Wallace and Robertson agree that this is a Perfect Periphrastic Participle.
> This particular construct (Conj+Subj+Perf Part.) only occurs 4 other times
> in the NT (Mt 6:31, Lk. 21:20 and Jas. 5:15).
>
> I guess what I'm struggling with is that this particular construct seems to
> contradict itself (at least in my head). I was wondering if anyone could
> help explain the relationship between these two verbs. I was also wondering
> if this sort of construct is very common in Koine or Classical Greek.
>
Matthew,
Looks like a paraphrastic construction, not too uncommon.
The Pattern: EIMI (Subjunctive) --> perfect participle
Is found in the following NT/LXX examples:
Clay
NT
*****
LUKE 14:8 hOTAN KLHQHiS hUPO TINOS EIS GAMOUS, MH KATAKLIQHiS EIS THN
PRWTOKLISIAN, MHPOTE ENTIMOTEROS SOU Hi KEKLHMENOS hUP' AUTOU,
JOHN 3:27 APEKRIQH IWANNHS KAI EIPEN: OU DUNATAI ANQRWPOS LAMBANEIN OUDE hEN
EAN MH Hi DEDOMENON AUTWi EK TOU OURANOU.
JOHN 6:65 KAI ELEGEN: DIA TOUTO EIRHKA hUMIN hOTI OUDEIS DUNATAI ELQEIN PROS
ME EAN MH Hi DEDOMENON AUTWi EK TOU PATROS.
JOHN 16:24 hEWS ARTI OUK HiTHSATE OUDEN EN TWi ONOMATI MOU: AITEITE KAI
LHMYESQE, hINA hH CARA hUMWN Hi PEPLHRWMENH.
JOHN 17:23 EGW EN AUTOIS KAI SU EN EMOI, hINA WSIN TETELEIWMENOI EIS hEN,
hINA GINWSKHi hO KOSMOS hOTI SU ME APESTEILAS KAI HGAPHSAS AUTOUS KAQWS EME
HGAPHSAS.
JAMES 5:15 KAI hH EUCH THS PISTEWS SWSEI TON KAMNONTA KAI EGEREI AUTON hO
KURIOS: KAN hAMARTIAS Hi PEPOIHKWS, AFEQHSETAI AUTWi.
1JOHN 1:4 KAI TAUTA GRAFOMEN hHMEIS, hINA hH CARA hHMWN Hi PEPLHRWMENH.
LXX
****
EX. 33:13 EI OUN hEURHKA CARIN ENANTION SOU EMFANISON MOI SEAUTON GNWSTWS
IDW SE hOPWS AN W hEURHKWS CARIN ENANTION SOU KAI hINA GNW hOTI LAOS SOU TO
EQNOS TO MEGA TOUTO
NUM. 5:13 KAI KOIMHQHi TIS MET' AUTHS KOITHN SPERMATOS KAI LAQHi EX OFQALMWN
TOU ANDROS AUTHS KAI KRUYHi AUTH DE Hi MEMIAMMENH KAI MARTUS MH HN MET'
AUTHS KAI AUTH MH Hi SUNEILHMMENH
NUM. 5:14 KAI EPELQHi AUTWi PNEUMA ZHLWSEWS KAI ZHLWSHi THN GUNAIKA AUTOU
AUTH DE MEMIANTAI H EPELQHi AUTWi PNEUMA ZHLWSEWS KAI ZHLWSHi THN GUNAIKA
AUTOU AUTH DE MH Hi MEMIAMMENH
NUM. 5:27 KAI ESTAI EAN Hi MEMIAMMENH KAI LHQHi LAQHi TON ANDRA AUTHS KAI
EISELEUSETAI EIS AUTHN TO hUDWR TOU ELEGMOU TO EPIKATARWMENON KAI
PRHSQHSETAI THN KOILIAN KAI DIAPESEITAI hO MHROS AUTHS KAI ESTAI hH GUNH EIS
ARAN EN TWi LAWi AUTHS
JOB 39:30 NEOSSOI DE AUTOU FURONTAI EN hAIMATI hOU D' AN WSI TEQNEWTES
PARACRHMA hEURISKONTAI
--
Clayton Stirling Bartholomew
Three Tree Point
P.O. Box 255 Seahurst WA 98062
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