[B-Greek] The aor middle versus the aor pass of ginomai

Mark Lightman lightmanmark at yahoo.com
Sat Sep 18 11:25:23 EDT 2010


Hi, Joseph,

I don't think there is a difference in meaning.

Much of Greek--word order, what particular connective is used, sometimes the 
tenses--is often "just"--though I would prefer "nothing less than"--stylistic 
variation.  That we don't even notice stuff like this in English and obsess over 
it in Greek is what it is. 


 Mark L



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From: Joseph Justiss <jljustiss at gmail.com>
To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Sat, September 18, 2010 8:58:56 AM
Subject: [B-Greek] The aor middle versus the aor pass of ginomai

What is the difference, if any, between the aor mid of ginomai and the aor
pass of ginomai as used in Mat 11:21 and 23. In 21 Jesus says, "If in Tyre
and Sidon were done (aor mid) the works...". Here he uses the aor mid. Then
is verse 23 he says, "if in Sodom were done (aor pass) the works...". But
here he uses the aor pass of ginomai. Is there any special nuance or just
stylistic variation?

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