[B-Greek] Mt. 7:14 Perfect participle

Brinkley, Thomas David tdbrinkley at liberty.edu
Wed May 31 12:46:13 EDT 2006


I am studying Jesus' conclusion to the Sermon on the Mount and the beginning of verse 14 reads
 
TI (hOTI) STENH hH PULH KAI TEQLIMMENH hH hODOS
 
Why does Matthew use a perfect participle here?
 
In other words, how does the participle function and why is it in the prefect tense?
 
Thanks
 
David Brinkley
Cullen, VA



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