[B-Greek] Periphrastic construction in Jn 3:28 (correction)

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Sun Feb 26 09:20:18 EST 2006


From: "Carl W. Conrad" <cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu>
Date: February 26, 2006 9:15:04 AM EST
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Periphrastic construction in Jn 3:28

Well, I've said before that I think Machen oversimplifies grammatical  
accounts as well as offers sentences for translation that are  
questionable Greek. I think that the NT Koine perfect tense TENDS to  
overlap the aorist in usage (one reason we can so frequently  
translate an aorist as an English present passive or ...

That should, of course, be "English present perfect" as HLQON: "I've  
come."


Carl W. Conrad
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