tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4514726127775216123.post418974689700992975..comments2020-05-10T14:58:23.496-07:00Comments on Hellenisti ginoskeis: do you know Greek?: Hebrews 3:14—past and present in salvationDJPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4514726127775216123.post-49022462503135919912007-03-11T08:11:00.000-07:002007-03-11T08:11:00.000-07:00Good question. I really can't think of an adjectiv...Good question. I really can't think of an adjective used for "living" in the GNT. As you know, the participle often functions as an adjective. The participle is used of God this way many times in the LXX and GNT; I myself wouldn't attach any significance to it.DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4514726127775216123.post-21591243559015385972007-03-11T00:06:00.000-08:002007-03-11T00:06:00.000-08:00Thanks for the blog. Count me as another one who i...Thanks for the blog. Count me as another one who is delving into the Greek more because of it. One question I have about verse 12. Why does the author use the genitive singular participle <B>ζῶντοσ</B> instead of an adjective to communicate the word for <B>living</B>? Is there a significance to using a participle like an adjective in referring to the living God?Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02347275238305120669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4514726127775216123.post-56854625075937712442007-03-09T06:49:00.000-08:002007-03-09T06:49:00.000-08:00I had never encountered that passage in 1 John bef...I had never encountered that passage in 1 John before (in the Greek).<BR/><BR/>That's brilliant! What a wonderful phrase!<BR/><BR/>The perfect tense must surely be the most difficult part of Greek to render into English. The intensive perfect (emphasis on present state based on completed past action) just has no verbal English equivalent.<BR/><BR/>Thanks again for the great thoughts, Dan!Tom Geehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15363329987895368813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4514726127775216123.post-74794378567454945402007-03-09T05:43:00.000-08:002007-03-09T05:43:00.000-08:00Thanks for this post. Not only is it a helful and...Thanks for this post. Not only is it a helful and instructive "exercise" in Greek, it is very edifying to the Saints (this one in particular)!Conniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16388126339087271102noreply@blogger.com