[B-Greek] 1John 2:27 - Indicative or Imperative
Elizabeth Kline
kline-dekooning at earthlink.net
Thu Sep 22 14:41:09 EDT 2005
On Sep 22, 2005, at 9:41 AM, Gary & Lynn O'Neal wrote:
> I have a question about the tense of MENETE in 1 John 2:27
>
> Grammatically, this could be either an Imperative or an Indicative.
1JOHN 2:27 KAI hUMEIS TO CRISMA hO ELABETE AP' AUTOU, MENEI EN hUMIN
KAI OU CREIAN ECETE hINA TIS DIDASKHi hUMAS, ALL' hWS TO AUTOU CRISMA
DIDASKEI hUMAS PERI PANTWN KAI ALHQES ESTIN KAI OUK ESTIN YEUDOS, KAI
KAQWS EDIDAXEN hUMAS, MENETE EN AUTWi.
This looks like the only place in the GNT where KAQWS is followed by
an indicative which is followed by an imperative within the same
sentence. Actually it appears to be the only place where KAQWS is
followed by an imperative within the same sentence. Including some
other other comparatives found in near by semantic domains didn't
produce any more data. (e.g., KAQA, KAQWS, KAQO, KAQAPER, KAQWSPER,
hWSAUTWS, hWSPER, hWSPEREI, hWS, hWSEI).
The LXX had some examples see KAQWS EPOIHSEN POIHSATE AUTHi below
JER. 27:15 KATAKROTHSATE EP' AUTHN PARELUQHSAN hAI CEIRES AUTHS
EPESAN hAI EPALXEIS AUTHS KAI KATESKAFH TO TEICOS AUTHS hOTI
EKDIKHSIS PARA QEOU ESTIN EKDIKEITE EP' AUTHN KAQWS EPOIHSEN POIHSATE
AUTHi
Elizabeth Kline
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