[B-Greek] The present tense in Hebrews 6:4-6

Gary Coombs Gary.Coombs at shadowmountain.org
Sat Jan 20 15:35:47 EST 2007


The aorist participle PARAPESONTAS can also be viewed as
adjectival/substantival with THE preceding  four aorist participles
PHOTISTHENTAS, GEUSAMENOUS, GENETHENTAS AND GEUSAMENOUS), the TOUS in
verse four going with all five rather than just the first four.  It
seems to me that many miss the connection between the TOUS in verse four
and PARAPESONTAS in verse six.  For some reason nearly everyone makes
the first four substantival and then treats PARAPESONTAS as adverbial.
It appears to me that all five are coordinate with each other.  Note the
coordinating conjunctions te or kai connecting each of them.

ANASTAUROUNTAS  is coordinate with PARADEIGMATIZONTAS joined with the
coordinating conjunction kai.  Both of these are present participles and
I believe should be treated together adverbially as temporal or causal
based on exegesis.

It helps to diagram the passage.  I learned to do this thirty years ago
through "Principles and Practice of Greek Exegesis" by John Grassmick.


Gary Coombs
Southern California Seminary

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Hebrews 6:6
KAI PARAPESONTAS PALIN ANAKAINIZEIN EIS METANOIAN ANASTAUROUNTAS
hEAUTOIS TON hUION TOU QEOU KAI PARADEIGMATIZONTAS 
Yes, the last two participles there can be viewed as either temporal
(while) or causal (since, because) either view is acceptable
grammatically.  
And your second question can only be answered by context which is dealt
with over on bib exegesis.
--
Kelton Graham 
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-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: "Carl Unger" <carlunger at gmail.com> 

> I don't know much about Greek, so I request some help. 
> 
> The amplified version translated Hebrews 6:4-6 as 
> 
> *If they then deviate from the faith and turn away from their
allegiance-[it 
> is impossible] to bring them back to repentance, for (because, while,
as 
> long as) they nail upon the cross the Son of God afresh [as far as
they are 
> concerned] and are holding [Him] up to contempt and shame and public 
> disgrace.* (Amplified Bible - Lockman) 
> 
> In the brackets it says (because, while, as long as) 
> is that because of the present tense active participles? 
> Is this true to the original Greek? 
> 
> So then does it mean that the sort of people being mentioned here can
return 
> and be saved? 
> 
> 
> Thank you very much. 
> Carl Unger 
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