I am presently re-taking Greek as a refresher course at DTS with Dr.
Dan Wallace. In Dr. Wallace's recent grammar he points out that this
passage could not contain historical presents for the following
reasons:
1) Historical presents must occur in the 3rd person.
2) Historical presents occur in only in narrative passages.
He also puts a third qualifiaction that historical presents must
occur in the indicative mood of which has no real bearing with this
passage.
If you have Wallace's grammar, I believe his handling of historical
presents starts on p.526 or there about. It is also interesting to
note that Dr. Wallace puts in a footnote that he has actually held to
three different view points of this passage over the years.
Hopefully, I am not beating a dead horse which has already been
killed on this list, but if so I'll kick it one more time.
Unfotunately, I am referencing all the above from my memory which
acts up quite frequently (especially on Wallace's quizes) so please
excuse and correct any erroneous references.
Tommy Wilson email: wilson@dbu.edu
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