NUN plus Aorist
Jonathan Robie
jonathan.robie at datadirect-technologies.com
Mon Oct 28 15:25:19 EST 2002
At 08:10 PM 10/28/2002 +0000, Mark Wilson wrote:
>Jonathan:
>
>>NUN EZHTOUN SE LIQASSI hOI IOUDAIOI
>>John 11:8
>>
>>With your interpretation, does this mean something like: "the Jews have
>>FINALLY sought to stone you, are you going there again?"
>
>I'm not willing to say EVERY NUN means what I suggested. And in
>this example, does not NUN go with the Imperfect EZHTOUN?
Yes, so a more accurate rendering of your interpretation might be: "the
Jews have ((FINALLY been seeking) to stone you), are you going there again?"
FWIW, I don't have final conclusions about exactly how tense and aspect
work in NT Greek, and I find your suggestions plausible. Alas, what I
really need is two months off of work to look into this more deeply. And if
I had two months off of work, there's a real danger that I'd go sailing on
my beach cat instead ;->
Jonathan
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