place. This conclusion is confirmed by noticing the variety of temporal and kind-of-action contexts in which Greek verb tenses occur (see the examples below). Time and kind of action are indicated not by the verb tense-forms but by the broader context (clauses, sentences, paragraphs). Though there is still some disagreement on the issue of whether Greek indicative verb tenses indicate time, our grammar will side with advocates of verbal aspect in the treatment of the Greek tense system.7 But one