[B-Greek] TOUS PEPISTEUKOTAS = EK TOU PATROS TOU DIABOLOU?
bertdehaan at gosympatico.ca
bertdehaan at gosympatico.ca
Sat Mar 15 18:09:37 EST 2003
As I continues reading John 8, I came upon something else that puzzled me. In verse 31 Jesus started to speak to TOUS PEPISTEUKOTAS AUTWi IOUDAIOUS, to the Jews, having believed in him, or, to the believing Jews. Then in verse 44 he says that they belong to their father the Devil.
How are these two statements to be reconciled?
PEPISTEUKOTAS is a perfect participle is it not?
Several of the English translations translate it as a pluperfect ie; -the Jews who had believed him- (but don't anymore). Is this translation in spite of the Greek tense or am I missing something? Maybe it is a pluperfect participle, I would't know what one would look like. Thanks in advance.
Bert de Haan
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