[B-Greek] EAN KAI in Gal. 6:1

Jesse Barnum jobarnum at gmail.com
Sun Mar 6 11:20:26 EST 2005


     This seems to be the only occurance of this construction in the
New Testament.  Generally speaking, KAI is left untranslated (KJV,
NIV, ESV, RSV), but in the NASB it is translated "even if."  Should
KAI be understood as an Ascensive conjunction (or intensive), placing
an emphasis on PROLHMFTH?  Or could EAN KAI carry a concessive force?
     The presence of EAN with the aorist passive conjunction makes
this a third class condition. But, is the idea here "future more
probable (as Longenecker states), or is it more the idea of "this
situation is unlikely, but still possible?"  Does the presence of KAI
give it the semantic force of the latter statement?


Jesse Barnum
Boise, Idaho



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