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by Brian Gould
December 15th, 2024, 10:34 am
Forum: New Testament
Topic: Matthew 26:17 δὲ not 'on'?
Replies: 7
Views: 27237

Re: Matthew 26:17 δὲ not 'on'?

Brian, yes, from a forensic scientific perspective, it is impossible to scientifically PROVE what happened in the past. All we can do is look at evidence and infer what is the most likely scenario. Here, I was just looking for a reasonable explanation. I’m pretty sure nobody here is going to disagr...
by Brian Gould
December 14th, 2024, 8:19 am
Forum: New Testament
Topic: Matthew 26:17 δὲ not 'on'?
Replies: 7
Views: 27237

Re: Matthew 26:17 δὲ not 'on'?

@living_manna, in case you’re not familiar with it, here’s a link to an academic paper published eleven years ago by Helen K. Bond of Edinburgh University. Although her formula for reconciling — if you can call it that — the dating of the Crucifixion in John and the Synoptics seems to be inviting co...
by Brian Gould
November 21st, 2024, 7:26 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Where do beginners go these days?
Replies: 14
Views: 59272

Re: Where do beginners go these days?

billmorgan, try this. I haven’t worked very hard at it, not nearly as hard as I ought to, but even so it has borne fruit. Somebody worked out that the 311 commonest words in the NT, each of them occurring 50 times or more, add up to more than 110,000 occurrences overall. That is very nearly 80 perce...
by Brian Gould
September 17th, 2024, 7:19 pm
Forum: Beginners Forum
Topic: Acts 21:25
Replies: 28
Views: 78630

Re: Acts 21:25

Thank you for your suggestion, James. I'll see what I can find.
by Brian Gould
September 17th, 2024, 1:32 pm
Forum: Beginners Forum
Topic: Acts 21:25
Replies: 28
Views: 78630

Re: Acts 21:25

If you take a look at the occurrences of τέ, you'll see that it clusters in Acts, Hebrews, and Luke. Those books are generally considered the "best" Greek, i.e., closer to Attic/Classical Greek. It's part of their Atticizing style. HTH, James Thank you, James. My apologies, I hadn't spott...
by Brian Gould
September 17th, 2024, 1:15 pm
Forum: Beginners Forum
Topic: Acts 21:25
Replies: 28
Views: 78630

Re: Acts 21:25

Thank you, Jason. That’s very helpful.

What about my second point? Of all the 220 or so occurrences in the NT, Acts alone accounts for two-thirds of the total. There aren’t even all that many in Luke, comparatively speaking. Has anyone ever given an explanation of what’s going on here?
by Brian Gould
September 17th, 2024, 8:32 am
Forum: Beginners Forum
Topic: Acts 21:25
Replies: 28
Views: 78630

Re: Acts 21:25

Two curious things I’ve just noticed about the word τε. First, most English Bibles don’t translate it at all in this verse. They have opted to leave it out. The word “both” can’t be correctly used here, because it introduces a list of three things: meat that has been sacrificed to idols, blood, and ...
by Brian Gould
July 31st, 2024, 6:53 am
Forum: Cool Stuff
Topic: Defining Christian 'disciple-making' το μαθητευειν from a purely lexical-contextual perspective.
Replies: 1
Views: 48108

Re: Defining Christian 'disciple-making' το μαθητευειν from a purely lexical-contextual perspective.

The four occurrences of this verb in the NT are all very brief. They offer no insights that I can detect into an instruction manual of any kind, recommending procedures to be followed or warning of pitfalls to be avoided. What do you suggest as a starting point for your proposed lexical-contextual a...
by Brian Gould
July 11th, 2024, 8:03 am
Forum: Alphabet and Pronunciation
Topic: Restored Koine Pronunciation - Web resources for learners
Replies: 7
Views: 44565

Re: Restored Koine Pronunciation - Web resources for learners

Following the first link given here, I have read with interest Randall Buth’s helpful online page about the changes in koine Greek pronunciation over the centuries. At several points, however, I have run into difficulties. This is one of them. Buth writes: > On the other hand, English speakers prono...
by Brian Gould
June 8th, 2024, 5:20 pm
Forum: Teaching and Learning Greek
Topic: Is learning NT Greek solely for the New Testament useful for anything other than understanding a bit about how the New T
Replies: 2
Views: 27909

Re: Is learning NT Greek solely for the New Testament useful for anything other than understanding a bit about how the N

What Greek books would you like to be able to read once you’ve achieved a sufficient command of the language? If your answer is “First and foremost, the Bible,” then I’d say you’re making the right choice. But if you’re equally interested in reading Homer and Sophocles, Plato and Aristotle, and clas...

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