Re: John 1:5

Jonathan Robie (jonathan@texcel.no)
Thu, 07 May 1998 17:14:13 -0400

At 02:48 PM 5/7/98 -0400, Allison Sanders wrote:

>When I started studying Greek I never imagined there would be so many
>opinions on the present tense. I just sort of thought that present would
>always be present.

The tenses of English an Greek are quite different. The Greek present is
not the same as the English present, no more than the English aorist is
equivalent to... oh, there is no English aorist. See what I mean?

Jonathan
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