In Verbal Aspect in Synoptic Parallels Wally Cirafesi argues that the Synoptic Gospels at times employ different tense-forms to communicate the same action for the purpose of constructing discourse according to various levels of linguistic prominence.

Wally V. Cirafesi is a graduate of McMaster Divinity College, where he is also an Adjunct Instructor. He is Associate Editor of the journal Biblical and Ancient Greek Linguistics, and has published articles in journals such as New Testament Studies, Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism, Journal for the Study of Paul and his Letters, and Biblical and Ancient Greek Linguistics.