Talk:Prophetic perfect tense

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Classification as grammatical tense[edit]

The article describes prophetic perfect tense as "a literary technique", yet categorizes it as a grammatical tense. It seems to me that the categorization does not apply as there is not indication that "prophetic perfect" exists as a discrete tense; rather, it's a particular application of tenses described elsewhere. Any objection to removing the categorization as grammatical tense? -- Shunpiker 15:53, 16 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A source[edit]

See[1]. Doug Weller talk 17:10, 9 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The BE-Perfect[edit]

Isn't this construction just the BE-perfect, which is pretty much identical to the HAVE-perfect that is used today? The BE-perfect stopped being used around the 19th century. I don't think that there is a "prophetic perfect" in the way that this author described.104.201.87.70 (talk) 14:45, 14 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Remove the graphic[edit]

The text explains the article much better. The graphic confuses the reader. It implies the prophecy is certain to be fulfilled in reality rather than the perspective of the prophecy's author. Ardagoose (talk) 11:08, 31 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Which bible?[edit]

"a literary technique used in the Bible". Which bible translation is this article talking about? Is this technique used in all English translations? Is it also in the original text?

And: currently the article makes it sound like the technique is unique to the bible. Are there other examples? 131.174.142.116 (talk) 09:11, 28 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]