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Originally Posted by Debau
Is that in aorist tense, and what is the Present Participle here?
Thanks for the grammatical breakdown.
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From the information I have (lexicons) and what I know of Greek, the word for "he lift up" his eyes, is not a passive at all, but is the aorist active indicative participle. Most people today would probably translate it literally as "having lifted up his eyes, being in torment (present participle)he sees Abraham (present tense)...
By the way, participles generally are verb forms that often become adjectives and are descriptive. Example - verb 'to close'. I closed the door. (active verb, preterite tense). Now, the door is 'closed'. = participle of the verb 'to close'. It shows the resultant state and serves as an adjective.
The participle is also used with what are called the perfect tenses, present perfect, past perfect, future perfect. Example: I have closed the door. I had closed the door, and I shall have closed the door.
Hope this helps a bit.
Will K