[B-Greek] 2 John 7
Tony Costa
tmcos at rogers.com
Wed Aug 18 22:26:25 EDT 2004
I take ERCOMENON in the present tense to refer to the truth of Jesus'
humanity as a present reality or as A.T.Robertson puts it "treating the
Incarnation as a continuing fact which the Docetic Gnostics flatly denied. "
I am not sure John uses the aorist tense elsewhere. In 1 John 4:2 the
perfect active participle is used to denote the Incarnation as a completed
fact in history.
Tony Costa
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From: "Mitch Larramore" <mitchlarramore at yahoo.com>
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Subject: [B-Greek] 2 John 7
>
> hOTI POLLOI PLANOI EXHLQON EIS TON KOSMON, hOI MH
> hOMOLOGOUNTES IHSOUN CRISTON ERCOMENON EN SARKI
>
>
> What is the significance of ERCOMENON being in the
> Present Tense? John has elsewhere warned against those
> who deny that Jesus CAME (Aorist) in the flesh.
>
> My first thought was the Present Tense was used to
> coincide with hOI hOMOLOGOUNTES, as if those whom John
> is warning against are those who currently do not
> confess 'the coming of Jesus' in the flesh.
>
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