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- May 25th, 2012, 9:40 am
- Forum: New Testament
- Topic: Aorist participle with μὲν + οὖν in Acts 17:30
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Re: Aorist participle with μὲν + οὖν in Acts 17:30
It may be the compound force of μὲν οὖν as an affirmative is at play here at Acts 17:30 (Cf. Smyth §2901, a) with contrast indicated alone by τὰ νῦν. Yes/Certainly/True, God has overlooked the times of such ignorance, yet now he is telling mankind that they should all everywhere repent. Scott, I do...
- March 6th, 2012, 2:56 am
- Forum: New Testament
- Topic: Aorist participle with μὲν + οὖν in Acts 17:30
- Replies: 5
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Re: Aorist participle with μὲν + οὖν in Acts 17:30
David,
Your response does not really address anything that I was asking about in my post. As for what you did say, you did not give any rationale for your statements.
Your response does not really address anything that I was asking about in my post. As for what you did say, you did not give any rationale for your statements.
- March 5th, 2012, 11:44 am
- Forum: New Testament
- Topic: Aorist participle with μὲν + οὖν in Acts 17:30
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4260
Aorist participle with μὲν + οὖν in Acts 17:30
In the process of advisor checking translations of Acts 17:30 in Papua New Guinea, I have come to the tentative conclusion that most English versions obscure the most likely interpretation of the relative time significance of the aorist participle in the first clause. I would greatly appreciate it i...
- March 5th, 2012, 8:34 am
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Benjamin Pehrson
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Benjamin Pehrson
I am a linguist working with SIL in Papua New Guinea. Most of my assignment involves translation advising and training in the Aitape West Translation Project, and part of my assignment involves teaching Koine Greek to Papua New Guinean translators and SIL linguists. I have team-taught an intensive 6...