Mar 11:19 | RWP | e4.org | Every evening ( οταν οψε εγενετο ). Literally, whenever evening came on or more exactly whenever it became late . The use of οταν ( οτε αν ) with the aorist indicative is like οπου αν with the imperfect indicative ( εισεπορευετο ) and οσο αν with the aorist indicative ( ηψαντο ) in . The use of αν makes the clause more indefinite and general, as here, unless it renders it more definite, a curious result, but true. has the accusative of extent of time, "the days," "the nights." The imperfect tense he (or they) would go ( εξεπορευετο, εξεπορευοντο ) out of the city suggests "whenever" as the meaning here.

‏ Mark 11:19

Every evening ( οταν οψε εγενετο ). Literally,

whenever evening came on or more exactly

whenever it became late. The use of οταν ( οτε αν ) with the aorist indicative is like οπου αν with the imperfect indicative ( εισεπορευετο ) and οσο αν with the aorist indicative ( ηψαντο ) in Mr 6:56. The use of αν makes the clause more indefinite and general, as here, unless it renders it more definite, a curious result, but true. Lu 21:37 has the accusative of extent of time, "the days," "the nights." The imperfect tense he (or they) would go ( εξεπορευετο, εξεπορευοντο ) out of the city suggests "whenever" as the meaning here.