[B-Greek] I Tim 2:14 and GEGONEN
Eric Weiss
eweiss at gte.net
Thu Sep 18 12:30:55 EDT 2003
Zerwick-Grosvenor considers the GEGONEN in I Tim 2:14 as (?aoristic pf) "fell into." The ? indicates uncertainty. Since the closely-preceding participle EXAPATHQEISA is aorist (passive), I would have thought that if an aoristic meaning was intended, the author would have used EGENET0.
Is it really the best choice to translate GEGONEN in I Tim 2:14 as an aorist, i.e., past ("fell into transgression")? Paul says that he does not allow a woman (or wife) to teach or have authority over a man (or her husband) ... but she/they "will be saved" if she/they do certain things. I.e., GUNH is in a present STATE from a past action of Eve's. Hence, it seems to me that the perfect GEGONEN should be translated as a perfect. The ASV seems to be one of the few that translates it that way, i.e., "hath fallen into transgression."
Eric S. Weiss
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