[B-Greek] Mt 6:15 AFHTE vs. AFIETE

Oun Kwon kwonbbl at gmail.com
Wed Mar 23 23:35:41 EDT 2011


Mt 6:15 EAN DE MH AFHTE TOIS ANQRWPOIS TA PARAPTWMATA AUTWN, OUDE hO PATHR
hUMWN AFHSEI TA PARAPTWMATA hUMWN.

ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ἀφῆτε τοῖς ἀνθρώποις τὰ παραπτώματα αὐτῶν, οὐδὲ ὁ
πατὴρ ὑμῶν ἀφήσει τὰ παραπτώματα ὑμῶν.

I would like to check to see I'm right to take AFHTE (subj. aort) as 'if you
HAVE FORGIVEN', differently from AFIETE (present) ('if you FORGIVE') which
is found in a parallel verse Mk 11:26 (v.l.)  EI DE hUMEIS OUK AFIETE. My
question seems to be on the nuance of aorist.

Oun Kwon


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