[B-Greek] In search of a PERFECT translation (John 20:23)
Alastair Haines
afhaines at tpg.com.au
Sat Mar 19 15:43:29 EDT 2011
In search of a PERFECT translation
John 20:23
AN TINWN AFHTE TAS hAMARTIAS
AFEWNTAI AUTOIS,
AN TINWN KRATHTE
KEKRATHNTAI.
ἄν τινων ἀφῆτε τὰς ἁμαρτίας
ἀφέωνται αὐτοῖς
ἄν τινων κρατῆτε
κεκράτηνται.
If you discharge sins from any,
[the sins] have been discharged for them;
If you hold any [to account],
they have been held [to account].
What is the force of the perfect tenses in this verse?
I'm inclined to follow Wilber Thomas Dayton, inter alia.
The Greek Perfect Tense in Relation to John 20:23, Matthew 16:19 and Matthew
18:18.
Th.D. Thesis: Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1945.
Is there a good archive of discussion here regarding this?
Or is there anyone who'd care to defend the HCSB, ESV, NIV against
the LXX (Gen 30:33), Jerome (remittuntur), Luther (sind erlassen), Dayton et
al.?
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