ὶνα πας ὸ πιστευων
Posted: August 23rd, 2012, 3:38 pm
This particular phrase is found in John 3:15,16 and five other times in the NT.
If I am reading my Greek resources correctly, πιστευων is a participle and interesting to me, singular.
I know that this sounds like a translation issue, but I am really interested in the reason a writer in Greek would use the participle rather than a verb. Does this mean that, grammatically proper use of πας ὸ requires that it be linked with a participle/noun? With a noun, it seems to mean "all the x" which is expected. Is there ever an instance where πας ὸ would be linked with a verb?
Also, πας ὸ appears 56 times and is linked the most with a participle and less often with a noun. The straightforward sense of the term is "everyone" and combined with the participle seems to refer to everyone doing whatever the verb calls for - looking, hearing, believing - yet again consistently translated as looks, hears, believes. Is there a reason why the Greek participle never seems to be translated as an -ing word in English?
Why is the participle singular? Does that have any significance in how we are to understand what the writer is saying? Could the plural be used?
Roger Hutchinson
If I am reading my Greek resources correctly, πιστευων is a participle and interesting to me, singular.
I know that this sounds like a translation issue, but I am really interested in the reason a writer in Greek would use the participle rather than a verb. Does this mean that, grammatically proper use of πας ὸ requires that it be linked with a participle/noun? With a noun, it seems to mean "all the x" which is expected. Is there ever an instance where πας ὸ would be linked with a verb?
Also, πας ὸ appears 56 times and is linked the most with a participle and less often with a noun. The straightforward sense of the term is "everyone" and combined with the participle seems to refer to everyone doing whatever the verb calls for - looking, hearing, believing - yet again consistently translated as looks, hears, believes. Is there a reason why the Greek participle never seems to be translated as an -ing word in English?
Why is the participle singular? Does that have any significance in how we are to understand what the writer is saying? Could the plural be used?
Roger Hutchinson