A "Timeless" Aorist?
Mark Wilson
emory2oo2 at hotmail.com
Fri Sep 13 17:03:34 EDT 2002
Kent:
You wrote:
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>I do have a question regarding Mark's use of Isaiah in Mark 1:3. I'm
>wondering about the significance of the verb hETOIMASATE (1 Aorist
>Active Imperative, 2 Person Plural) and the following verb POIEITE
>(Present Active Imperative, 2 Person Plural). My question is why would
>the aorist tense be used initially followed up by a present tense verb?
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One answer occurs to me. Since we are not dealing with
Indicative verbs, we are not dealing with TIME, but ASPECT.
To me, the Aorist Imperative says "Get this action completed
at once." Then, the Present Imperative says, "[upon completing
the preparation phase] immediately set the next process into motion..."
Once the preparation phase is complete, begin to make the paths
straight (whatever that means).
I suppose that each time one goes about making paths straight, it
could be argued that he/she should first complete the preparation
phase.
My thoughts,
Mark Wilson
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