[B-Greek] KAN in John 11:25b
Beata Urbanek
ap22 at wp.pl
Thu Mar 10 16:45:53 EST 2005
Hello
hO PISTEUWN EIS EME KAN APOQANH ZHSETAI
Forgive me if it ist not exactly B-Greek question, but I really got stuck.
I can't understand why Barret insists that KAN means 'even if' and not 'though'. What's the diffrerence? Aren't they both concessive?
BDF says that KAN can be purely conditional (and if) or concessive (if only, even if).
What does it mean here?
1. if he dies
2. even if he dies
3. even though he dies
And does APOQANH refer to the future or present/general?
thanks for any help
Beata Urbanek
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