[B-Greek] Matt. 10.30

Elizabeth Kline kline_dekooning at earthlink.net
Wed Apr 15 18:24:15 EDT 2009


On Apr 15, 2009, at 2:09 PM, Thomas Hagen wrote:

> I have a question concerning the periphrastic construction of the  
> perfect tense in Matt. 10.30.
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> …and of you - even the hairs of the head are all numbered.
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> ὑμῶν δὲ καὶ αἱ τρίχες τῆς κεφαλῆς  
> πᾶσαι ἠριθμημέναι εἰσίν.
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> UMWN DE KAI hAI TRIXES THS KEFALHS PASAI HRIQMHMENAI EISIN.
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> I’m sure I will reveal my ignorance with this question, but you  
> have to be humble to learn. I’d like to know if, compared to the  
> simple perfect, the periphrastic perfect -  HRIQMHMENAI EISIN –  
> adds any extra weight to the idea that the count is being  
> continually updated ...


I would read the this as a stative. The present EISIN represents a  
continuing state of affairs. The perfect HRIQMHMENAI represents how  
that state came into being. There is a general tendency among students  
of NT Greek to try and overload the semantics of verb tense/aspect.


Elizabeth Kline







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