[B-Greek] Future tense in Mt. 22.37,39

Richard Greene richardgreene at insightbb.com
Thu Oct 20 11:04:14 EDT 2005


Almost all the translations have "Thou shalt. . ." or "You shall." This 
seems to me to have a strong sense of  "You must. . .," or "You are to. . ."

But the verbs are future indicative, aren't they? (AGAPHSEIS)
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Wouldn't "You will. . ." be the most natural translation?

 Or, to put it another way, What is the force of the future indicative 
in these two verses.

Richard W. Greene
Princeton, Illinois



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