John 15:4
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Thu Jan 23 06:29:50 EST 2003
At 6:08 AM -0500 1/23/03, <bertdehaan at gosympatico.ca> wrote:
>MEINATE EN EMOI KAGW EN hUMIN.
>The second part of this sentence does not have a verb specified so MEINATE
>would be assumed here.
>The mood of the verb would have to be the same in both parts too, would it
>not?
I don't see why; I would assume that the implicit verb of the second clause
is MENW (i.e. the contracted future indicative 1st sg.).
>Imperative makes sense in the first half but not in the second.
>The NIV translates the second half as future. Is this acceptable?
I don't see any reason to question it.
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Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
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