Tag: tense?
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Why is Revelation 13:8 in the future tense?
Revelation 12 describes a series of wars in which the dragon is the aggressor: Before Christ, it opposes the women (12:1-4), Then Christ (12:5), Then Michael and his angels in heaven (12:7-12), Then the woman again (12:13), Then the woman…
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In Romans 8:18, how is the aorist ἀποκαλυφθῆναι translated as a future tense?
ἀποκαλυφθῆναι Is the aorist and would be translated as “was revealed” Does μέλλουσαν (present tense) “is about to be” somehow change the aorist ἀποκαλυφθῆναι to the future tense? Can someone explain how this aorist is translated as a futur…
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Why in 1 Corinthians 7:15 Paul uses the perfect tense along the present tense?
1 Corinthians 7:15 New American Standard Bible (NASB) 15 Yet if the unbelieving one leaves, let him leave; the brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God has called [a]us [b]to peace. Footnotes: a. One early ms read…