[B-Greek] use of the aorist tense
bertdehaan at gosympatico.ca
bertdehaan at gosympatico.ca
Sat Apr 12 19:16:28 EDT 2003
Hi everyone
I understand the use of the present tense to describe something in the past, in a narrative to make the narration more dramatic or vivid. But what is the significance of the aorist tense when it is used where a present or future translation would make sense, but not a past. I am thinking of EDOXASQH in John 15:8; EN TOUTWi EDOXASQH hO PATHR MOU, hINA KARPON POLUN FERHTE KAI GENHSESQE EMOI MAQHTAI
I realize that the Greek aorist tense is not the same as the English past tense, but the aorist is usually translated using the past tense. Maybe someone could explain this to me. (I just realized that I used the past tense "could explain" when I was referring to something that has not happened yet. Maybe there is a similarity here?)Thank you
Bert de Haan.
Arthur, Ontario
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