[B-Greek] Participle in the Aorist
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at ioa.com
Wed Oct 5 12:15:57 EDT 2005
On Oct 5, 2005, at 11:55 AM, Eric Biggs wrote:
> 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"?
My sense is that the NUN functions as a logical indicator here: yes,
DIKAIWQENTES indicates a present fact as much as would a perfect ptc.
DEDIKAIWMENOI: i.e. "our current status is righteousness attributed,
and for that reason our status-to-be is salvation from wrath ..."
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
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