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Ephesians 4:9
SBLGNT:
τὸ δὲ Ἀνέβη τί ἐστιν εἰ μὴ ὅτι καὶ κατέβη εἰς τὰ κατώτερα μέρη τῆς γῆς;
KJV
(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
ESV
(In saying, “He …
I understand that the ordering of words in Greek does not impact the meaning as much as it does in English. But given that ordering (and commas) does matter in English, consider the following two renderings.
Rather, speaking the truth in …
I’ve seen the seven binyanim organized as three actives corresponding to three passives and then the hitpa’el as being separate.
However, I recently saw a table that listed the hitpa’el as the "reflexive of the intensive". I’m tr…
In John 1:2, what is the accurate translation of “οὗτος”?
John 1:2 (DRB):
The same was in the beginning with God.
John 1:2 (GNT):
oὗτος ἦν ἐν ἀρχῇ πρὸς τὸν Θεόν.
I looked about 30 translations: Arabic and English …
There is a lot of debate surrounding ( Song of Solomon 2:7 ) as to
whether the "Subject" which in this case is the speaker is the bride or the groom?
why the "Direct Object" which are the "Daughters of Jerusalem&…
In John 1:13 does it grammatically follow that they were born by the will of God, even though the word will θεληματος is omitted or is the word will omitted on the grounds that it’s not the will of God that they are born of but (born) of G…
I don’t know Greek myself, but comparing various translations of Mark 12:30 I was wondering whether what is often translated as ‘shall’ is necessary in the Greek? If it is an ‘englishism’ carried over from the Shakespearean English transla…
Also known by the more pedestrian title: *How should Romans 9:5 be punctuated?*
Romans 9:5, NA28 (punctuation omitted):
ὧν οἱ πατέρες καὶ ἐξ ὧν ὁ Χριστὸς τὸ κατὰ σάρκα ὁ ὢν ἐπὶ πάντων θεὸς εὐλογητὸς εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας ἀμήν
Two markedly d…
Focusing purely on the Greek grammar is it saying those who are being sanctified or those who are sanctified?
μια γαρ προσφορα τετελειωκεν εις το διηνεκες τους αγιαζομενους
κατὰ (according to) πρόγνωσιν (foreknowledge) Θεοῦ (of God) Πατρός (Father) ἐν (by) ἁγιασμῷ (a sanctification) Πνεύματος (of spirit) εἰς (into) ὑπακοὴν (obedience) καὶ (and) ῥαντισμὸν (a sprinkling) αἵματος (of blood) Ἰησοῦ (of Yeshua) …
I am aware of singular verbs with plural subjects in the third person, masculine, singular. Such as Exodus 4:29, but I am wondering if there is a 1cs that has a plural subject?
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Exodus 4:29 Moses and Aa…
Granville Sharp identified texts in the New Testament which he believed described a single person with two attributes. The validity of Sharp’s Rule is debated, and, in my opinion, is unnecessarily complicated, largely due to Sharp’s own ex…