Koine and Biblical and Medieval Greek • Re: Aorist in Luke 3:22

@katalogon - Thanks for the article about performatives and tragic aorist. CGCG briefly discusses use of present tense (sec. 33.12n1) and aorist tense (sec. 33.33) in performatives and I think that's probably what's happening in this passage i.e. aorist is used to highlight the drama of the event. And as @jeidsath suggests the perfective aspect of aorist simply expresses God saying "I approve of what you just did" i.e. being baptized by John.

Thanks everyone.

Statistics: Posted by Mitch — Wed Oct 16, 2024 3:08 pm

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