[B-Greek] Gospel of John 6:24
Mark Wilson
emory2oo2 at hotmail.com
Thu Sep 25 17:18:49 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?
The Present Tense will portray that action as contemporaneous with the
deictic point, here introduced by hOTE. I think the "was" should be retained
since the action is portrayed as in the past. The next Aorist (ENEBHSAN) is
subsequent to the first Aorist chronologically. To see the chronology:
Having first noticed that Jesus was not there, they subsequently got in
their boats. The next (third Aorist) is yet subsequent again: And after
leaving in their boats they subsequently arrived in Capernaum. Now that
there is a change in location, a new deitic point emerges. Upon arriving at
Capernaum, they commence to looking for Jesus.
Mark Wilson
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