[B-Greek] 3rd sing aor imperative in Mt 6:9-10

Pastor Shawn Ragan shawn at meridianchurch.org
Fri Dec 8 17:49:43 EST 2006


Matthew 6:9c-10

hAGIASQHTW TO ONOMA SOU

ELQETW hH BASILEIA SOU

GENHQHTW TO QELHMA SOU

 

In this first portion of the Lord's Prayer, the verbs are imperative and all
three are 3rd person singular (1st and 3rd verses above are passive, the 2nd
verse above is active).  I guess I am trying to understand how to understand
a 3rd person singular passive aorist imperative.  hAGIASQHTW is usually
translated as "hallowed," but how does the morphology of the verb affect how
we should understand the meaning here?  The Greek book we used in my first
year Greek class that covered imperatives had this to say:  ".commands to
the third person are rare and they are not given in this book." (Seligson,
Greek for Reading, University of Michigan Press).

 

Needless to say, that is not much help and I am trying to understand how to
understand this.any help would be appreciated.  Thanks.

 

Pastor Shawn Ragan

Meridian Church of God

"Building Stronger Families"

 

shawn at meridianchurch.org

http://meridianchurch.org <http://meridianchurch.org/> 

 




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