[B-Greek] RE:Perfect Passive Participles
Suedaleg at aol.com
Suedaleg at aol.com
Fri May 6 21:53:37 EDT 2005
David Wrote concerning Eph 2:8:
"
Does Paul mean that we have been saved, are being saved and
will be saved.
or is it simply a strong way of saying we have been saved.
"
My understanding on this subject is that the primary verb ESTE controls the
time. Present "you are".
Then the perfect passive SESWSMENOI gives the condition of the "is": "having
been saved" Together Paul is saying the readers are presently in the
condition which is the result of their having been saved. Their present condition is
Paul's focus in this sentance.
Dale Greenlee
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