ἐνέστηκεν in 2 Thessalonians 2.2
Posted: November 4th, 2014, 3:52 pm
1 Ἐρωτῶμεν δὲ ὑμᾶς, ἀδελφοί, ὑπὲρ τῆς παρουσίας τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ καὶ ἡμῶν ἐπισυναγωγῆς ἐπ’ αὐτὸν
2 εἰς τὸ μὴ ταχέως σαλευθῆναι ὑμᾶς ἀπὸ τοῦ νοὸς μηδὲ θροεῖσθαι, μήτε διὰ πνεύματος μήτε διὰ λόγου μήτε δι’ ἐπιστολῆς ὡς δι’ ἡμῶν, ὡς ὅτι ἐνέστηκεν ἡ ἡμέρα τοῦ κυρίου·
Can ἐνέστηκεν mean 'be at hand', 'be imminent', as some say, even though it is perfect tense. I don't yet understand how this is possible, but I do find this sense given in both Liddell and Scott, and BDAG:
BDAG gives 'the impending crisis' for τὴν ἐνεστῶσαν ἀνάγκην in 1 Corinthians 7.26. Is this possible?
Andrew
2 εἰς τὸ μὴ ταχέως σαλευθῆναι ὑμᾶς ἀπὸ τοῦ νοὸς μηδὲ θροεῖσθαι, μήτε διὰ πνεύματος μήτε διὰ λόγου μήτε δι’ ἐπιστολῆς ὡς δι’ ἡμῶν, ὡς ὅτι ἐνέστηκεν ἡ ἡμέρα τοῦ κυρίου·
Can ἐνέστηκεν mean 'be at hand', 'be imminent', as some say, even though it is perfect tense. I don't yet understand how this is possible, but I do find this sense given in both Liddell and Scott, and BDAG:
I don't yet understand the translation. Surely πρόσθεν means 'before', in which case one would have something like 'before one suit [is] having set in', that is, before it has begun.Aristophanes, Clouds, 779:
Στρεψιάδης:
καὶ δὴ λέγω.
εἰ πρόσθεν ἔτι μιᾶς ἐνεστώσης δίκης,
πρὶν τὴν ἐμὴν καλεῖσθ᾽, ἀπαγξαίμην τρέχων.
Strep.:
Well now, I'll tell you. If, while one suit was still pending, before mine was called on, I were to run away and hang myself. [Hickie]
BDAG gives 'the impending crisis' for τὴν ἐνεστῶσαν ἀνάγκην in 1 Corinthians 7.26. Is this possible?
Andrew