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- June 4th, 2025, 9:19 am
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Intro
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3436
Re: Intro
Welcome, Johnny! Let us know if we can help in any way. How are you learning Greek?
- June 4th, 2025, 9:18 am
- Forum: Word Meanings
- Topic: ὑπερβυτεροι
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3774
Re: ὑπερβυτεροι
Fascinating. As far as I can tell, ὑπερβυτεροι does not occur in any lexicon, not even in Evangelinos Apostolides Sophocles' Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine Periods (from B.C. 146 to A.D. 1100), which often contains words not described elsewhere. I haven't been able to find that word in use...
- June 2nd, 2025, 12:54 am
- Forum: Syntax and Grammar
- Topic: Contract verbs with η
- Replies: 2
- Views: 11576
Re: Contract verbs with η
I’m currently reading Merkle and Plummer’s Beginning Greek book and on the chapter about Contract Verbs. I’ve read the chapter and watched the videos, but I’m confused on a point. Mounce’s 7 rules for contract verbs that he references cover most cases, but don’t seem to cover the case when the verb...
- May 8th, 2025, 1:41 pm
- Forum: What does this text mean?
- Topic: if your brother offends you personally, you must forgive him.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 91169
Re: if your brother offends you personally, you must forgive him.
Διαβάζω την Παλαιά και την Καινή Διαθήκη για να κατανοήσω καλύτερα τις διδασκαλίες και τις ιστορίες που καθοδηγούν τη ζωή των πιστών και τον τρόπο που ζούμε σήμερα . ναί, καὶ ἐπαινῶ τοῦτο· ἀλλ᾿ ὁ τόπος οὗτος προωρισμένος ἐστὶν εἰς τὸ σκοπεῖν τί λέγει τὸ κείμενον ἐν ταῖς ἀρχαίαις γλώσσαις, καὶ εἰς τ...
- May 8th, 2025, 8:15 am
- Forum: What does this text mean?
- Topic: if your brother offends you personally, you must forgive him.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 91169
Re: if your brother offends you personally, you must forgive him.
Αν ο αδελφός σας σας έχει προσβάλει προσωπικά, πρέπει να τον συγχωρήσετε. Η συγχώρεση είναι το κλειδί για την ειρήνη και την αποκατάσταση των σχέσεων. Ο Χριστός μας δίδαξε να συγχωρούμε ο ένας τον άλλον, όπως Αυτός μας συγχωρεί. That's modern Greek, and it seems to be about forgiveness in general, ...
- May 6th, 2025, 4:20 pm
- Forum: Grammar Questions
- Topic: Question about Verb Tense in Koine.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4696
Re: Question about Verb Tense in Koine.
Part of what is hard to grasp about this difference is really more about the different ways of describing this than the way the language works. When grammarians say the aorist presents an action "viewed as a whole," they mean the action is seen from the outside , without focusing on its in...
- May 6th, 2025, 4:14 pm
- Forum: Grammar Questions
- Topic: Question about Verb Tense in Koine.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4696
Re: Question about Verb Tense in Koine.
Could someone clarify the subtle differences in nuance between the aorist and imperfect tense in a specific passage of Koine Greek? Oversimplifying just a little: The aorist sees the action completed (like a whole event at once), the imperfect sees it while it is happening (like an action in progre...
- April 30th, 2025, 11:46 am
- Forum: Other
- Topic: Can't think of a Koinē NT equivalent to this...
- Replies: 7
- Views: 246406
Re: Can't think of a Koinē NT equivalent to this...
It's amazing how one dedicated effort like that can make such a big impact. I agree — having something so comprehensive for the NT would be incredible. By the way, projects that make sacred texts accessible remind me of a similar effort with the Qur'an, like this Surah Yaseen pdf resource here — cl...
- April 22nd, 2025, 5:12 pm
- Forum: Other
- Topic: σουδάριον in John 20.7
- Replies: 9
- Views: 39233
Re: σουδάριον in John 20.7
FWIW, I do preach sermons where I say, "one possible interpretation is ..."Eeli Kaikkonen wrote: ↑April 18th, 2025, 8:54 am If important translations interpret it two different ways, it's a sign that there probably isn't a definitive answer. In any case I wouldn't base a sermon on either interpretation.
- April 19th, 2025, 2:01 pm
- Forum: Other
- Topic: σουδάριον in John 20.7
- Replies: 9
- Views: 39233
Re: σουδάριον in John 20.7
Thank you, Jonathan Robie, for this analysis. I, too, already preferred the second interpretation. Now I know that from the linguistic point of view it has, if not certainty, at least justification. Evidently, we are not meant to know the "mechanics" of how Jesus rose. That is probably be...