Ronald replied:
>> Larry...
>> I'm not sure exactly what other side issue you're looking for....but
>> Rienecker helps in this way instead of translating it as "an opened
>> door"....to get the sense of the participle he says "a door
>standing
>> open." He also suggest that the perfect tense as you
>know...indicates
>> not only the perfected action in past time but the "continuing
>> condition." I guess a more 'elaborate' translation would be " a
>door
>> which has been standing open." --to get the full effect of both the
>> perf. and and the passive....
>>
>> Ronald Wong
>> O'Brien, FL
>>
Larry responded:
>
>Ronald,
>
>I wanted to make sure that 'an opened door', considering the tense
>form of the verb and the context was superior to 'an open door'
>before I considered this verse as a possible 'litmus test' of the
>quality of a particular translation.
>
>As for the translation "a door standing open", I am not sure it
>conveys more of a continuous thought to my mind than "an opened door",
>but it does seem to lose the sense that _someone_ opened the door
>as oposed to perhaps the wind blowing it open, or even that it may
>have always been open.
>
>I however, will reserve judgement at least until I have finished
>participles !
>
>Sincerely,
>Larry Kruper
>
I wonder if the phrase, "a door which stands open," gets the nuances of
the perfect "QURAN HNEWGMENHN" in Rev. 3:8?
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