Luk 13:6 | RWP | e4.org | Planted ( πεφυτευμενην ). Perfect passive participle of φυτευω , to plant, an old verb, from φυτον , a plant, and that from φυω , to grow. But this participle with ειχεν (imperfect active of εχω ) does not make a periphrastic past perfect like our English "had planted." It means rather, he had a fig tree, one already planted in his vineyard.

‏ Luke 13:6

Planted ( πεφυτευμενην ). Perfect passive participle of φυτευω, to plant, an old verb, from φυτον, a plant, and that from φυω, to grow. But this participle with ειχεν (imperfect active of εχω ) does not make a periphrastic past perfect like our English "had planted." It means rather, he had a fig tree, one already planted in his vineyard.