Luk 23:12 | RWP | e4.org | For before they were at enmity between themselves ( προυπηρχον γαρ εν εχθρα οντες προς εαυτους ). A periphrastic imperfect of the double compound προυπερχω , an old verb, to exist ( υπαρχω ) previously ( προ- ), here alone in the N.T., with οντες (participle of ειμ ) added.

‏ Luke 23:12

For before they were at enmity between themselves ( προυπηρχον γαρ εν εχθρα οντες προς εαυτους ). A periphrastic imperfect of the double compound προυπερχω, an old verb, to exist ( υπαρχω ) previously ( προ- ), here alone in the N.T., with οντες (participle of ειμ ) added.