[B-Greek] Gal 5:16 OU MH TELESHTE, 5:17 hINA MH hA EAN QELHTE TAUTA POIHTE
Jonathan Robie
jonathan.robie at datadirect.com
Wed Mar 17 09:23:32 EST 2004
Ann Nyland wrote:
> The subjunctive is commonly used for particular prohibitions, that is,
> negative imperatives.
>
> GENERAL commands
> MH + Present imperative
> eg. never do those things, do not kill (in general)
>
> but for PARTICULAR commands, it is the subjunctive
> MH + Aorist subjunctive
> don't do that (now)
> don't kill that person (now)
>
> At any rate, that's the case for classical Greek, got a bit more sloppy by
> NT times, but still the subjunctive is a common way of expressing a
> prohibition.
>
> Btw, as for "walk" translating PERIPATEW, sure it's part of its semantic
> range, but so is "behave", "act", "live one's life".
But wouldn't TELESHTE in OU MH TELESHTE be a general command? Wouldn't
POIHTE in hINA MH hA EAN QELHTE TAUTA POIHTE be a general command? I'm
not sure I'm making these distinctions correctly, but if you told me,
"fulfill the desires of the flesh RIGHT NOW", or "do these things RIGHT
NOW", I wouldn't know what to do.
Jonathan
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