(grammar): Present tense is the form of language used to refer to an event, transaction, or occurrence which is happening now (or at the present time), or an object that currently exists. Compare with past tense, which is the form of language used to refer to an event, transaction, or occurrence that did happen or has happened, or an object that existed, at a point in time before now; or with future tense, an event, transaction or occurrence that has not yet happened, is expected to happen in the future, or might never happen.
For example, British Bible scholar Alexander Thomson noted that the New World Translation is outstanding in accurately rendering the Greek present tense.
It took me some time to really get into the story due mainly because it switched from past present tense and back again so often through out the story.
The aorist expresses a punctiliar, or momentary, action, whereas the present tense expresses progressive action (to be doing) and the perfect tense is essentially an action that is completed (to have done).
For some unknown reason, the author has decided that all future authors must use present tense to describe events.This renders any narrative in which events are presented as a continuous stream very unconvincing.
This article refers to Jesus’ feelings in the present tense because Jesus is alive in heaven, and since his return to heaven, the Kingdom has undoubtedly remained close to his heart. —Luke 24:51.