[B-Greek] Passive imperatives

David McCoy davidmcy at io.com
Wed Aug 29 22:21:58 EDT 2007


Carl:

In your answer to William, you said:
> (1) MEQUSKESQE is middle rather than passive: you cannot issue a
> command to a person that someone else do something to him

I must be misunderstanding you -- it sounds as though you are saying there 
can be no such thing as a passive imperative.

Can't we understand the passive imperative to mean things like:
"allow yourself to be ..."
or even:
"prepare to be ..."

I am thinking, for example, of Jesus telling a demon, "FIMWQHTI" ("be 
muzzled" (Mark 1:25).

Thanks, and sorry if I am misunderstanding.

David McCoy

-- 
"... if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in
your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved." (Rom
10:9)




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