Elementary New Testament Greek, 2014a

12: Aorist Tense
the Parts of Speech? What Insights might this data suggest regarding the
business of learning NT Greek? How far have we come?
3) In Mounce’s Interlinear code, the Aorist Tense is identied by an “a”
immediately after the Part-of-Speech identication (v = verb). As an
example of an Aorist Indicative, see John 2:15 and the following verb
within it:
In this circumstance, the code should be interpreted as follows:
“drove out”
v . aai . 3s
Part of
Speech
Tense Voice Mood Person Number
v f p i 3 s
Verb aorist active Indicative 3rd singular
Now make a search to nd every Aorist Indicative in this passage (John 2:12-22).
The Code for such should read:
v.a?i.?? [You should nd about 20.] Record the verse numbers in which these all are
found. Then choose and copy any 8 of these forms, identifying the various features
of each form which would help you recognize them as Aorist Indicatives.
What abuses in interpreting the Aorist must likely have been taking place
in previous (and present?) generations of scholars?
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We are adding no truly new vocabulary. The Suppletives and their roots are here
shown together:
1st PrinPart Root 2nd PrinPart Root
3rd
PrinPart
“say”
“see” μ
Root
“eat” μ
“come” μ μ
“carry”
4) In your Interlinear at John 2:15 you will nd the English word “whip,”
with the Greek noun beneath it. By using its vocabulary
code (5848), you can nd it in Appendix B of the Interlinear, and then nd
its entry in BDAG. Examine this entry in BDAG, noticing the comments
made in this (and the next) entry. What interesting (parenthetical)
comment near the end of the entry signicantly “tones down” the action of
Jesus as describe here in John 2?
5) In Wallace’s Intermediate Grammar The Basics of NT Syntax nd pages
239-43 [Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics, pages 554–565]. Read these
pages carefully, and follow closely the various nuances (subtle senses)
of the Aorist described here. [No need to make this overly complicated.
We’ve covered these uses in our treatment above.] What do you make of
the special “essays” [“Thawing Out the Aorist” and “The Abused Aorist”]?