[B-Greek] Luke 17.6 AN = contingency?

Mitch Larramore mitchlarramore at yahoo.com
Wed Feb 13 01:21:55 EST 2008


EIPEN DE hO KURIOS EI ECETE PISTIN hWS KOKKON SINAPEWS
ELEGETE AN THi SUKAMINWi TAUTHi EKRIZWQHTI KAI
FUTEUQHTI EN THi QALASSHi KAI hUPHKOUSEN AN hUMIN 

How does AN change ELEGETE and uUPHKOUSEN had they not
been there? Doesn't AN make the verbs somewhat more
contingent on something? Almost as if, "you shall
say..." to "it is possible you could say..." Or, not
"it will obey you" but something like "perhaps it will
obey you." (I think of AN as converting an Indicative
expression/command closer to a Subjunctive.)

Mitch Larramore
Sugar Land, Texas


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