Monthly Archives: December 2011

Future Indicative: Periphrastic Form of The Future

Posted on December 4, 2011 by New Testament Greek

(1) PERIPHRASTIC FORM OF THE FUTURE. A Future tense composed of a Present Participle and the Future of the verb eivmi, is found occasionally in the New Testament. The force is that of a Progressive Future, with the thought of … Continue reading →

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Future Indicative: The Deliberative Future

Posted on December 3, 2011 by New Testament Greek

(1) The Deliberative Future. The Future Indicative is sometimes used in questions of deliberation, asking not what will happen, but what can or ought to be done. Such questions may be real questions asking information, or rhetorical questions taking the place … Continue reading →

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Future Indicative: The Gnomic Future

Posted on December 2, 2011 by New Testament Greek

(1) The Gnomic Future. The Future Indicative may be used to state what will customarily happen when occasion offers. Rom. 5:7; μόλις γὰρ ὑπὲρ δικαίου τις ἀποθανεῖται, for scarcely for a righteous man will one die. See also Gen. 44:15; Rom. 7:3, χρηματίσει. Study … Continue reading →

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Future Indicative: The Imperative Future

Posted on December 1, 2011 by New Testament Greek

(1) The Imperative Future. The second person of the Future Indicative is often used as an Imperative. Jas. 2:8; Ἀγαπήσεις τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς σεαυτόν, thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. REMARK 1. This idiom as it occurs in the New Testament … Continue reading →

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