[B-Greek] Rev 7:14 hOUTOI EISIN hOI *ERCOMENOI* EK THS QLIYEWS THS MEGALHS
Jonathan Robie
jonathan.robie at datadirect.com
Sun May 16 08:43:09 EDT 2004
Rev 7:14 hOUTOI EISIN hOI *ERCOMENOI* EK THS QLIYEWS THS MEGALHS
That's a present middle participle. Robertson comments:
> They which come out of the great tribulation (hoi erchomenoi ek te?s
> thlipseo?s te?s megale?s). Present middle participle with the idea of
> continued repetition. "The martyrs are still arriving from the scene
> of the great tribulation" (Charles). Apparently some great crisis is
> contemplated (Mat_13:19.; Mat_24:21; Mar_13:10), though the whole
> series may be in mind and so may anticipate final judgment.
Does the force of this verb require a sense of continual repetition, of
martyrs continuing to arrive? I ask this because most translations and
many commentaries do not seem to see it this way.
Jonathan
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