[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
KGRAHAM0938 at comcast.net
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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
>
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>
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Kelton Graham
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