[B-Greek] Matt 18:28 time and the imperfect

Jay Adkins jayadkins264 at gmail.com
Fri Feb 26 05:58:19 EST 2010


Matt 18:28 EXELQWN DE O DOULOS EKEINOS EUREN ENA TWN SUNDOULWN AUTOU, OS
WFEILEN AUTW EKATON DHNARIA, KAI KRATHSAS AUTON EPVIGEN LEYWN APODOS EI TI
OFEILEIS.

Matt 18:28 (NASU) "But that slave went out and found one of his fellow
slaves who owed him a hundred denarii; and he seized him and [began] to
choke [him], saying, `Pay back what you owe.'
Matt 18:28 (ESV) But when that same servant went out, he found one of his
fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii, and seizing him, he began to
choke him, saying, 'Pay what you owe.'
Matt 18:28 (NIV) "But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow
servants who owed him a hundred denarii. {[28] That is, a few dollars}He
grabbed him and began to choke him. `Pay back what you owe me!' he demanded.


Checking various translations I noticed several that added a time reference
to the act of choking in this verse.  While many did not, my question is why
would anyone add such a reference.  Is the change from aorist to imperf. in
the narrative due to the desire to avoid monotony, as suggested by A. T.
Robertson, page 883?  Or is this the cause to the time reference?

KRATHSAS (to seize) Aorist, Active, Participle, Masculine, Singular,
Nominative
EPNIGEN (to choke) Third Person, Singular, Imperfect, Active, Indicative

Thank you all once again for responding to my query.

Sola Gratia
jay adkins



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