[B-Greek] Matthew 24:24 PLANHSAI

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Fri Mar 26 08:43:37 EST 2004


At 1:40 PM +0100 3/26/04, Wieland Willker wrote:
>Matthew 24:24 EGERQHSONTAI GAR YEUDOCRISTOI KAI YEUDOPROFHTAI KAI
>DWSOUSIN SHMEIA MEGALA KAI TERATA WSTE ***PLANHSAI***, EI DUNATON, KAI
>TOUS EKLEKTOUS.
>
>What is possibly the reason for using the aorist PLANHSAI and not the
>future?
>Mark in the parallel (Mk 13:22) uses the present APOPLANAN.
>Is this a difference in meaning?

I wouldn't expect a future infinitive with hWSTE (hWSTE PLANHSAI)--I don't
think the future infinitive is to be expected, nor are there any future
infinitives with hWSTE in the GNT); nor do I think that the Marcan PROS TO
APOPLANAN is signfiicantly different in meaning; both mean essentially "in
order to mislead/lead-astray." The aorist emphasizes completion "get them
misled" whereas the present points simply to the process "mislead them."
-- 

Carl W. Conrad
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