From: Mark Goodacre (goodacms@m4-arts.bham.ac.uk)
Date: Wed Oct 29 1997 - 11:28:45 EST
Matt. 23.2: EPI THS MWSEWS KAQEDRAS *EKAQISAN* hOI GRAMMATEIJ KAI hOI
PARISAIOI
How is the aorist being used here? This question has recently arisen
on the Crosstalk list and I thought I would seek b-greek wisdom on
it. Apparently Davies and Allison say that this is a 'Semitic
stative perfect' -- i.e. it cannot be talking about a completed
action in the past because of the context, 'Therefore do and keep all
that they say to you . . .'
Or is there another way of taking this? Some of the older
commentaries, I note (W. C. Allen, Allan McNeile) take it as 'They
used to sit on the seat of Moses . . .' But this does seem difficult
in context.
Good wishes
Mark
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