Well, I am NOT an "aspect geek," and don't claim to know much about it;
Jonathan's just added a question I've never thought about although there
might be a rule out there. I just simply noted here: (a) POREUQENTES comes
first and is aorist; this is a very common combination: aorist ptc. &
finite verb = after doing action x, do/does/did action y. Although an
aorist ptc. doesn't ALWAYS refer to time prior to that of the main verb, it
generally does. You may note also that the participles in the following
section are in the present tense. Consequently I'd understand this as
"After getting on the road, get disciples made, all the time baptizing and
instructing them." Sorry I can't reduce this to intelligible rules.
Carl W. Conrad
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