in the indicative mood (even those who think Greek verb tenses indicate time agree that time is not a factor outside the indicative mood).2 In other words, the verb tenses were thought to tell us both how an action actually took place (i.e., the kind of action) and when it took place (i.e., the time of action). For example, a common conception of the aorist tense was that it indicates punctiliar action (kind) in the past (time). The present tense was seen as conveying continuous action (kind) in