now
arti marks the present moment, whether a current condition, a span continuing to the present, or a point from which what follows begins.
The adverb most often locates an action, condition, or perception in the present moment. In other clauses it marks a situation continuing up to the present or establishes the present as the boundary from which a later result or instruction follows.
Senses in use
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At the present point or in the current situation · dominant
The adverb places the clause at its current moment: in John 9:25 the APB renders the man’s contrast as “though I was blind, now I see,” and in 1 Corinthians 16:7 it renders the speaker’s present travel circumstance as “now only in passing.” It can also accompany an immediate request or possibility, as Matthew 3:15 renders “Permit it now” and Matthew 26:53 says the Father could send angels “at once.”
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Continuing through the present · common
In these clauses the adverb marks a state or action extending to the present point. The APB renders ongoing hunger and homelessness “To the present hour” in 1 Corinthians 4:11, the Father’s and Jesus’ work “until now” in John 5:17, and a prior lack of requests “Until now” in John 16:24.
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The present as the starting boundary for what follows · occasional
The adverb can set the current point as the threshold for a subsequent condition or prospect. In John 14:7 the APB renders “From now on you know him and have seen him”; Matthew 26:64 similarly introduces what the hearers “will see,” and Revelation 14:13 speaks of those who die in the Lord “from now on.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously presents the temporal point with “now,” “until now,” “to the present hour,” “at once,” and “from now on.” These phrases show the temporal framing of their clauses rather than a fixed English equivalent in every verse.