[B-Greek] MI verbs

Ron Fay roncfay at hotmail.com
Tue Feb 25 15:37:13 EST 2003


If I recall correctly, there are a few verbs that have both a first and 
second aorist, normally the difference between being transitive or 
intransitive.

ANISTHMI is a word with both 1st and 2nd aorist forms, with 1st aorist forms 
being transitive and 2nd aorist forms being intransitive.  BDAG p. 83 gives 
this information, and I believe it holds true for all verbs that have both 
forms.

Hence I Thess. 4:14, EI GAR PISTEUOMEN hOTI IHSOUS APEQANEN KAI ANESTH, is 
"For if we believe that Jesus died and rose" not "Jesus died and was 
raised...," which is a huge difference in terms of orthodoxy.  (compare with 
Gal 1:1 etc. and you have a modest piece of Trinitarian evidence)

Just some thoughts,

- Ron Fay

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Ron Fay
Ph. D. student and New Testament Teaching Fellow
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
Deerfield, IL.
roncfay at hotmail.com





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