From: Christopher Hutson (crhutson@salisbury.net)
Date: Tue Apr 27 1999 - 08:07:20 EDT
Jonathan Ryder asked about James 2:14
>TI TO OFELOS [ESTIN understood], ADELFOI MOU, EAN PISTIN LEGHi TIS
ECEIN
>ERGA DE MH EXHi?
>
>Specifically, how does the EAN work? Is this a conditional sentence,
>and, if so, what is the apodosis and what the protasis?
>
Jonathan,
This is a future condition with "more probability." It follows the
regular construction: The protasis is expressed with EAN plus a
subjunctive verb. In this case it is a compound verb, since EAN
governs both LEGHi and EXHi. The apodosis is expressed usually with a
future indicative or sometimes with another verb form that refers to
the future. So here the implied verb could be ESTAI, "what will be
the benefit if...?"
You will find help in any standard grammer if you look up conditional
sentences and read the section on "Future More Probable" or "Future
More Vivid" or "Third Class Conditions." All those terms refer to the
same thing.
XPIC
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Christopher R. Hutson
Hood Theological Seminary
Salisbury, NC 28144
crhutson@salisbury.net
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