Hi RANDG,
Ralph, if you check Christian Book Distributors (CBD) you will notice that 
they have a parsing guide or two listed in the Greek and Hebrew language 
section.  I think the one I have is Perschbacher or something like that.  
So even if your parsing skills are weak or if you find a particularly 
unfamiliar word you can still find its root and the exact person, number, 
tense, voice, and mood of verbs, etc.  Also, I highly recommend Bauer, 
Gingrich, and Arndt's Lexicon of NT Greek and Other Early Christian 
Literature.  
I have a program on my computer that's on CD-ROM called Logos Research 
Systems.  It's a library format called LLS and contains all kinds of Greek 
and Hebrew lexicons, dictionaries, etc.  The thing is it can get expensive 
unlocking all those additional books.
God bless!
Charlie
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RW>Hi, Charlie:
RW>        You sent,
|Date: 04-10-98 (19:26)              Number: 41818 of 41818 (Refer# NON
|  To: RANDG WOOD
|From: CHARLIE RAY
|Subj: Robertson on Aorist
|Read: NO                            Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE (Echo)
|Conf: F-OPEN_BIBLE (810)         Read Type: GENERAL (A) (+)
RW>        Bless your heart!  I've read all your posts with avid
RW>interest, and, especially with this one, increased understanding.
RW>I've put them all together in a file called "AORIST.RAY", for
RW>our permanent Bible study topical records.
RW>        We really appreciate your doing all this research, and
RW>sharing all this info with us.
RW>        For me, the parts of your discussion I had understood
RW>as individual data, came together into a coherent theory when I
RW>read,
|Burton puts it clearly thus:  "The Greek employs the aorist, leaving t
|context to suggest the order; the English usually suggests the order b
|the use of the pluperfect."  The Greek aorist takes no note of any
|interval between itself and the moment of speaking while the English p
|takes note of the interval.
RW>        I'm reading the Textus Receptus just now; and though I
RW>don't really understand more than about 40% of it, (apart from
RW>back-translating from English!), and don't always know an aorist
RW>when I see one, I'll keep my eyes open for this principle!
RW>        Appreciate your blessing,
|Hope this helps.
RW>        Indeed!
 IXTHUS<<
RW>        I'll be focused on ministering for a few days, but will
RW>get back to you in the new week.  I think there are a couple of
RW>places I wanted to comment on, and a couple of questions I
RW>wanted to ask, especially whether there are one or two
RW>reference books I could buy, that would give me access to this
RW>kind of detail whenever I need it.
RW>        Thanks!
    ||        Many blessings this Easter!   --Ralph
    ||        Ralph & Gene Ann Wood
    ||        randg.wood@encode.com
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Sincerely in Christ,
Charlie Ray, 
Chaplain
1 Timothy 4:16
Watch your life and doctrine closely.
Persevere in them, because if you do,
you will save both yourself and your hearers.  (NIV).
chaplain@isgroup.net
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