[B-Greek] Participle in the Aorist

kgraham0938 at comcast.net kgraham0938 at comcast.net
Wed Oct 5 12:14:33 EDT 2005


@ Eric:

I think if the main verb were an aorist the participle would be contemporaneous to it.  I would take this as a circumstantial, adverbial participle because it is nominative. [most of your participles that are adverbial are nominative]

I think this is best translated as 'causative.'  Because we are declared righteous... we will be saved from wrath..."

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Kelton Graham 
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> Hello List, 
> 
> I have a question concerning the Participle in the Aorist tense, paticularly in 
> Romans 5:9: 
> 
> POLLWi OUN MALLON DIKAIWQENTES NUN EN TWi hAIMATI AUTOU SWQHSOMEQA DI AUTOU APO 
> THS ORGHS 
> Now the Aorist usually shows antecedent action to the main verb. DIKAIWQENTES 
> the Aorist Participle and SWQHSOMEQA the main verb, which being in the future 
> tense might really solidify the antecedent action of the participle. However, 
> Dana and Mantey explain that the Participle in the Aorist tense "frequently 
> expresses contemporaneous or subsequent action" (p. 230). I rule out the 
> subsequent action in the example given of Romans 5:9, but I was wondering if 
> this might be seen as contemporaneous due to the NUN with the Aorist Participle 
> making it emphatic of "now (currently) being justified"? 
> 
> Eric Biggs 
> 
> zealous student, 
> 
> Reno, NV (USA) 
> 
> 
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