[B-Greek] Aorist Subjunctive in 1 Jn 1:9

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Sun Apr 3 00:06:16 EDT 2011


Dear Renwick,

>From what I understand, although the indicative aorist usually corresponds
to an indefinite past tense, the subjunctive aorist usually does not, as it
refers to an indefinite possibility, "afh" and "kaqarish" vaguely
corresponding to "might forgive" and "might cleanse", which conveys a
similar meaning in English. Also, "ina" + subjunctive is one almost
equivalent alternative of the infinitive.. so "ina afh" and "[ina] kaqarish"
is somewhat the same as "to forgive" and "to cleanse".

David Lim


On 2 April 2011 18:44, Renwick Preston <presto47 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Why is the word for forgive in this verse an aorist?
>
> Ren Preston
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