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Revision of Ch 6 (tenses)
Time and Aspect
The Perfect Tense
Chapter 16
Earliest known NT
MSS
c. 100-150
John 18.31-33 (18.37-
38)
Found in the John
Rylands Library
in Manchester
Revision
Verbs = person, number, tense, voice, mood,
lexical form, meaning
Revision
Verbs = person, number, tense, voice, mood,
lexical form, meaning
Person = 1st, 2nd, 3rd
Number = singular, plural
Tense = present, future, imperfect, aorist,
Voice = active, middle, passive
Mood = indicative, imperative, subjunctive, infinitive, and
participle
perfect,
(pluperfect)
Tense
Conveys both TIME and ASPECT
Tense
Conveys both TIME and ASPECT
WHEN did the action
take place?
HOW did the action
take place?
Tense
Conveys both TIME and ASPECT
WHEN did the action
take place?
HOW did the action
take place?
Past, Present, or Future Continuous/Process
or Undefined
Tense
TimeTime AspectAspect eg.eg.
PresentPresent present process I untie
FutureFuture future undefined I will untie
ImperfectImperfect past process I was untying*
AoristAorist past undefined I untied
* OR I used to untie
OR I began to untie
Tense
Conveys both TIME and ASPECT
WHEN did the action
take place?
HOW did the action
take place?
Past, Present, or Future Continuous/Process
or Undefined
or Completed
Tense
TimeTime AspectAspect eg.eg.
PresentPresent present process I untie
FutureFuture future undefined I will untie
ImperfectImperfect past process I was untying*
AoristAorist past undefined I untied
PerfectPerfect past completed I have untied
* OR I used to untie
OR I began to untie
Tense
.....................
punctiliar -
aorist
continuous, repeated -
present, imperfect
.
present state
from past action -
perfect
.
Perfect Tense
ησο ς ε πεν, ΤετέλεσταιἸ ῦ ἶ
Perfect Tense
δ ποκριθε ς ε πεν, Γέγραπται ...ὁ ὲ ἀ ὶ ἶ
Perfect Tense
Perfect Tense
... κα τι γήγερται τ μέρ τ τρίτ ...ὶ ὅ ἐ ῇ ἡ ᾳ ῇ ῃ

Chapter 16 Perfect Tense