[B-Greek] Understanding tense of participles?

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Fri Nov 11 12:57:53 EST 2005


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Kelton Graham 
KGRAHAM0938 at comcast.net

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> I wanted to ask a clarifying question with regard to understanding the tense 
> of participles. I talked about this in very specific situations recently 
> (regarding Rev 20:4 and Heb 4:3), but didn't get confirmation or much 
> further response. So I thought I would ask again more generally, because it 
> is something I am still trying to get a handle on. 
> 
> When I first started learning Greek, the simple rule about tense and 
> participles was that the time sequence is determined by referencing the 
> tense of participle back to the tense of the main verb. Something like that. 
> 
> But as I studied some more Greek, I began to wonder how much tense of 
> participles reflected time-sequence, especially in the case of adjectival 
> use of participles. 
> 
> I have also seen some talk of aspect rather than time (eg 
> http://www.mythfolklore.net/bibgreek/croy/verbs/126.htm). But I am not sure 
> if everyone is in agreement here, and my knowledge is not broad enough or 
> deep enough to know otherwise. Certainly I have seen people argue on the 
> basis of tense of participles and wonder if it is warranted or not. 
> 
> So anyhow, I am wondering if anyone can point me to good online references 
> about this whole issue of tense and participles, or perhaps provide some 
> explanation and examples? Also, please clarify if this is something everyone 
> agrees on, or whether there is some debate involved. 
> 
> Thanks! 
> 
> -- 
> Craig Johnson 
> Brisbane, Australia 
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