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by Bengt Ödman
August 16th, 2014, 6:10 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: I'm back
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I'm back

Hello all. I have actually subscribed to this forum earlier, 20 years ago while it was still a mailing list. Then I somehow got side-tracked, but I'll try to get my focus back on Greek, in order to write a master's thesis in NT exegesis (at Uppsala University). So I thought it might be a good idea t...
by Bengt Ödman
August 16th, 2014, 5:55 pm
Forum: New Testament
Topic: Perfects in John 12:29f.
Replies: 9
Views: 2239

Re: Perfects in John 12:29f.

I was just thinking - If John (for some reason) wanted to use an infinitive construct in ἔλεγεν βροντὴν γεγονέναι· did he really have any option but the perfect? Would not the aorist - ἔλεγεν βροντὴν γενέσθαι - have a future sense, as in e g εἶπεν δοθῆναι αὐτῇ φαγεῖν (Mk 5:43)? In that case, maybe t...

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