[B-Greek] John 4:28. Aorist and present verbs

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Thu May 10 21:46:18 EDT 2007


Hey Anthony, I'm thinking this may be a historical present.  
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Kelton Graham 
KGRAHAM0938 at comcast.net

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From: "Anthony" <anthony.rimell at orcon.net.nz> 

> Hi all 
> 
> At the end of her discourse with Jesus, the Samaritan woman AFHKEN 
> (aorist) her pitcher, APHLQEN (aorist) into the city and LEGEI (present) 
> to the people. 
> The aorists are straightforward, from an aspect point of view, but why the 
> present instead of an imperfect? To fit into the narrative in an 
> Enlgishing way, I've translated it, "The woman let go of her pitcher, went 
> back into the town, and began to say to the people". I see the NIV simply 
> translates LEGEI as "said". Am I on track here? 
> Anthony Rimell 
> 
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