[B-Greek] Mark 14:12 Imperfect... progressive or customary?

Roe d.roe at t-online.de
Sun Mar 29 18:18:11 EDT 2009


Carl Conrad schrieb:
>
> On Mar 29, 2009, at 11:10 AM, Roe wrote:
>
>> Dear BGreeks,
>>
>> In Mark 14:12 (KAI TH PRWTH hHMERA TWN AZUMWN, hOTE TO PASCA EQUON...),
>> how certain can we be that EQUON was meant either as a normal
>> progressive imperfect ("when the Passover lamb was being sacrificed") or
>> as a customary, or iterative, imperfect ("when it was customary to
>> sacrifice the Passover lamb").
>
> I would think the sense of customary practice is the only appropriate
> sense here, "when they would sacrifice ... "
>
> Carl W. Conrad
> Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)

Thanks, Carl.  This is also the sense I feel is correct -- that the 
clause hOTE O PASCA EQUON was intended to clarify which day was meant 
with TH PRWTH hHMERA TWN AZUMWN.  My limitations with the language, 
however, only allow me to say I "feel" this is the correct sense...

Had Mark intended to describe the time of day within TH PRWTH hHMERA TWN 
AZUMWN that the disciples inquired about making preparations, is there a 
fair degree of certainty that Mark would have written this differently?

Thanks again and kind regards,
David

D.W. Roe
Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany




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