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Cor. 11:31 eij diekrivnomen ... oujk a]n ejkrinovmeqa .

Gal. 1:10 eij h[reskon ... oujk a]n h[mhn .

With these examples must be ranged also John 8:19 eij h[/deite ... an h[/deite ...

( b ) Heb. 11:15 eij ejmnhmovneuon ... ei\con a[n ... (if they had continued to remember...they would all that time have had...).

Matt. 23:30 eij h[meqa ... oujk a]n h[meqa ...

In this connexion may be noticed

1 John 2:19 eij h\san ... memenhvkeisan a[n ... where the pluperfect suggests a continuous state limited at a point in the past.

Sometimes an interrogation takes the place of the apodosis.

Heb. 7:11 eij ... teleivwsi" ... h\n ... tiv" e[ti creiva ...;

Cor. 12:19 eij de; h\n ... pou' to; sw'ma ; Sometimes the a[n of the apodosis is omitted (as indic. in Latin: Hor. Od. 2.17, 27.

John 9:33 eij mh; h\n ... oujk hjduvnato ...

John 19:11 oujk ei\ce" ... eij mh; h\n ...

The unconditioned apodosis seems to emphasise what is implied in the protasis.

(2) Eij with the aor. indic. in protasis followed by imp. in apodosis. The hypothetic unfulfilled condition is placed as a definite incident in the past, while the result of the non-fulfilment is regarded as continuous in the present.

Heb. 4:8 eij katevpausen ... oujk a]n ejlavlei ... (if rest had been given at the entrance into Canaan, God would not have continued to speak as He does now...).

Gal. 3:21 eij ejdovqh ... ejn novmw/ a]n h\n ...

So LXX. Jer. 23:22 eij e[sthsan ... kai; eij h[kousan ... a]n ajpevstrefon . In this case also the a]n of the apodosis is omitted:
John 15:22
eij mh; h\lqon ... oujk ei[cosan ...

Matt. 26:24 kalo;n h\n ... eij oujk ejgennhvqh ...

II. (1) Eij with the imp. indic. in protasis followed by aor. in apodosis.

The hypothetic unfulfilled condition is regarded as continuous and not definitely complete in the past, while the consequence of its non-fulfilment is specific and past:

John 14:28 eij hjgapa'te...ejcavrhte a[n (if ye had now been loving me...ye would at the moment of my saying...).


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