><Mitch> >hOTE OUN EIDEN hO OCLOS hOTI IHSOUS OUK ESTIN EKEI OUDE hOI MAQHTAI AUTOU, ENEBHSAN AUTOI EIS TA PLOIARIA KAI HLQON EIS KAFARNAOUM ZHTOUNTES TON IHSOUN >Why the present tense of ESTIN? <doug> i think that is the historical present. it creates vividness in the story telling process. i think that is pretty common in the gospels and acts.