[B-Greek] Gospel of John 6:24

Doug Hoxworth dhoxworth at charter.net
Thu Sep 25 15:27:10 EDT 2003


><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.



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