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To: CynicalBear

I said even google gets it right. Too bad you don’t.

The root of kecharitomene is charitoo, which is commonly translated “grace,”

The suffix -mene indicates a passive participle, meaning Mary (the subject) is being acted upon. This is important because it shows Mary did not bring herself into this graced state, but rather it was the action of God — it describes Mary as “she who has been graced [by God].”

The prefix ke- indicates the perfect tense — meaning the action (Mary’s being graced) has been completed in the past with its results continuing in full effect. The prefect tense carries with it a sense of fullness or completion. Mary has been graced (favored) by God and she stands in that grace (favor). St. Jerome’s interpretation is correct: Mary is full of grace.

“It is permissible, on Greek grammatical and linguistic grounds, to paraphrase kecharitomene as completely, perfectly, enduringly endowed with grace.” (Blass and DeBrunner, Greek Grammar of the New Testament).


298 posted on 02/10/2015 8:26:37 PM PST by hockeyCEO
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To: hockeyCEO
>>“It is permissible, on Greek grammatical and linguistic grounds, to paraphrase kecharitomene as completely, perfectly, enduringly endowed with grace.” (Blass and DeBrunner, Greek Grammar of the New Testament).<<

Yes it is. And I completely, perfectly, and enduringly emptied that 100 bu wagon load of corn into the 1000bu storage bin. It was I who did it, it was in the past, the bin had nothing to do with the unloading. The bin enduringly now holds that 100bu of corn. The bin however is NOT full of corn.

342 posted on 02/11/2015 5:29:37 AM PST by CynicalBear (For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus)
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