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On Mon, 8 Apr 1996, James R. Adair wrote:

> Herbert Weir Smyth, _Greek Grammar_ (classical), ... notes that object
> clauses after verbs of effort or warning normally take the future
> indicative.  

> It appears that the
> MHPOTE clause following BLEPETE fits this pattern, thus negating the value
> of Heb 3:12 as an argument in the discussion over future indicatives and
> subjunctives in Lk 12:58 and elsewhere. 

This would also apply to Mk.14:2, since ESTAI occurs there as well, and a
warning/caution is also given.  However, since MHPOTE ("lest") is used, it
seems that the intention of the following clause in any case remains a
warning or a caution.  Therefore, if a strict rule really applied, then
most MSS in Lk.12.58 should also have the indicative, which they do not. 

My own suspicion remains that the use of the indicative following MHPOTE
with EIMI is a special case due to the nature of EIMI as the irregular
verb substantive, and that the specific types or nature of verbs following
really do not impact the grammatical construction, which normally would
require the subjunctive. 

I.e., I likewise am suggesting with Jimmy that the Heb.3.12 and Mk.14.2
passages probably have no application in relation to Lk.12.58, but for
different reasons.  Yet without those apparent NT "exceptions", I see even
less reason to allow the Alexandrian indicatives in Lk.12.58 merely on the
ground of their being more "difficult", since now they have no real
grammatical justification. 

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Maurice A. Robinson, Ph.D.           Assoc. Prof./Greek and New Testament
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary     Wake Forest, North Carolina
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