[B-Greek] Luke 16.1 HN...EICEN

Mitch Larramore mitchlarramore at yahoo.com
Tue Feb 12 23:27:52 EST 2008


ELEGEN DE KAI PROS TOUS MAQHTAS ANQRWPOS TIS HN
PLOUSIOS hOS EICEN OIKONOMON KAI hOUTOS DIEBLHQH AUTWi
hWS DIASKORPIZWN TA hUPARCONTA AUTOU 

Still trying to understand tenses. (Thank you Dr.
Conrad for your reply on the Perfect (able to function
as Pluperfect. Is that information mentioned in
standard Grammar books?)

In this verse, I'm trying to understand the nuance of
HN and EICEN. This man "he was being(?) rich" and "was
having a steward..." Does the Imperfect here denote an
ongoing role of managing his affairs while the Aorist
would have simply stated a historical fact (not
emphasizing his ongoing/daily duty)?

Mitch Larramore
Sugar Land, Texas


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