[B-Greek] EGEIPW

Jeffrey B. Gibson jgibson000 at comcast.net
Wed Nov 19 20:04:49 EST 2003



John Colby wrote:

> Mark 2:12 says of the PARALUTIKOS (lame man), HGERQH. Should this be "he rose up" or "he was raised up"? I know that EGEIRETAI (a MP form) can mean "he wakes up". Is the same thing happening with HGERQH (a distinct passive form)? Any help is appreciated.

Literally, it is "was raised".  But as Joel Marcus notes,  "the aorist passive of this verb is usually translated as an intransitive active" (Mark, 218).  He goes on, citing Moulton, Howard, & Turner (1.163), to say "but this form can also, depending on the
context, have a true passive sense".

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