[B-Greek] John 4:28. Aorist and present verbs
kgraham0938 at comcast.net
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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
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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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