[B-Greek] John 11:40 conditional clause

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Fri Mar 18 19:31:52 EST 2005


At 11:52 PM +0100 3/18/05, Beata Urbanek wrote:
>Dear All,
>
>EAN PISTEUSHiS, OYHi THN DOXAN TOU QEOU.
>
>Do you  think this sentence refers to the future or is a general rule in
>present?

The result clause is in the future tense (OYHi: "you will see") and the
conditional clause is aorist subjunctive; these are standard elements in a
vivid future condition: If you do X, then Y will surely follow.
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Carl W. Conrad
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