I see. Thanks for both your answers! Statistics: Posted by David Lim — June 25th, 2014, 10:03 amcwconrad wrote: I think this is equivalent to a past general condition, setting forth what ordinarily happened when such and such a condition was met; in earlier Greek the protasis would have been formulated in the optative mood, the apodosis in the imperfect indicative.
I think this is equivalent to a past general condition, setting forth what ordinarily happened when such and such a condition was met; in earlier Greek the protasis would have been formulated in the optative mood, the apodosis in the imperfect indicative. Statistics: Posted by cwconrad — June 25th, 2014, 9:27 am
Oh I asked because I wanted to confirm that the imperfect tense here has no connotation of the event of "becoming well" being ongoing at that point. Statistics: Posted by David Lim — June 25th, 2014, 8:42 amStephen Carlson wrote:I don't know what work the word "simply" is doing, but, yeah, that's basically how I understand the semantics. Pragmatically, the imperfect is great for backgrounding, which is also going on (cf. the γάρ).David Lim wrote:So the imperfect is used simply because of the repetition of this disturbance of the pool's water according to the season and the resulting repetition of someone getting well?Stephen Carlson wrote:It is general / habitual: would become, suggesting that this single act is part of a larger pattern of similar acts.
I don't know what work the word "simply" is doing, but, yeah, that's basically how I understand the semantics. Pragmatically, the imperfect is great for backgrounding, which is also going on (cf. the γάρ). Statistics: Posted by Stephen Carlson — June 25th, 2014, 6:42 amDavid Lim wrote:So the imperfect is used simply because of the repetition of this disturbance of the pool's water according to the season and the resulting repetition of someone getting well?Stephen Carlson wrote:It is general / habitual: would become, suggesting that this single act is part of a larger pattern of similar acts.
So the imperfect is used simply because of the repetition of this disturbance of the pool's water according to the season and the resulting repetition of someone getting well? Statistics: Posted by David Lim — June 25th, 2014, 6:31 amStephen Carlson wrote: It is general / habitual: would become, suggesting that this single act is part of a larger pattern of similar acts.
It is general / habitual: would become, suggesting that this single act is part of a larger pattern of similar acts. Statistics: Posted by Stephen Carlson — June 25th, 2014, 5:36 am
[John 5:4 Byz] αγγελος γαρ κατα καιρον κατεβαινεν εν τη κολυμβηθρα και εταρασσεν το υδωρ ο ουν πρωτος εμβας μετα την ταραχην του υδατος υγιης εγινετο ω δηποτε κατειχετο νοσηματι What exactly does the imperfect tense of "εγινετο" here mean? Statistics: Posted by David Lim — June 25th, 2014, 5:27 am