One of the important dependent or subordinate clauses to learn about in elementary Greek is the relative clause. In Greek, they are introduced by the relative pronoun ὅς (hos). These dependent clauses are sometimes hidden in translations, because authors, like…
End of 1 Peter 1:8: ἀγαλλιᾶσθε χαρᾷ ἀνεκλαλήτῳ καὶ δεδοξασμένῃ 1 Peter 1:9: κομιζόμενοι τὸ τέλος τῆς πίστεως ὑμῶν σωτηρίαν ψυχῶν. Translation: You will be rejoicing greatly with inexpressible and glorified joy when you will be receiving the goal of…
End of 1 Peter 1:8: ἀγαλλιᾶσθε χαρᾷ ἀνεκλαλήτῳ καὶ δεδοξασμένῃ 1 Peter 1:9: κομιζόμενοι τὸ τέλος τῆς πίστεως ὑμῶν σωτηρίαν ψυχῶν. Translation: You will be rejoicing greatly with inexpressible and glorified joy when you will be receiving the goal of…
ὃν οὐκ ἰδόντες ἀγαπᾶτε, εἰς ὃν ἄρτι μὴ ὁρῶντες πιστεύοντες δὲ ἀγαλλιᾶσθε χαρᾷ ἀνεκλαλήτῳ καὶ δεδοξασμένῃ Translation: whom you are loving although you have not seen him, in whom, although you are not seeing him now, yet you are believing.…
ὃν οὐκ ἰδόντες ἀγαπᾶτε, εἰς ὃν ἄρτι μὴ ὁρῶντες πιστεύοντες δὲ ἀγαλλιᾶσθε χαρᾷ ἀνεκλαλήτῳ καὶ δεδοξασμένῃ Translation: whom you are loving although you have not seen him, in whom, although you are not seeing him now, yet you are believing.…
ἵνα τὸ δοκίμιον ὑμῶν τῆς πίστεως πολυτιμότερον χρυσίου τοῦ ἀπολλυμένου διὰ πυρὸς δὲ δοκιμαζομένου, εὑρεθῇ εἰς ἔπαινον καὶ δόξαν καὶ τιμὴν ἐν ἀποκαλύψει Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ Translation: so that the genuineness of your faith, which is more precious than gold (which…
ἵνα τὸ δοκίμιον ὑμῶν τῆς πίστεως πολυτιμότερον χρυσίου τοῦ ἀπολλυμένου διὰ πυρὸς δὲ δοκιμαζομένου, εὑρεθῇ εἰς ἔπαινον καὶ δόξαν καὶ τιμὴν ἐν ἀποκαλύψει Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ Translation: so that the genuineness of your faith, which is more precious than gold (which…
How, then, should we interpret the Greek of the New Testament, especially in those places where we suspect the influence of the LXX, of Hebrew, or of Aramaic? Very carefully? Joosten provides some guidelines about how to proceed. 1. Joosten’s basic…
We often think of essential information as coming out in books. In many cases, however, I have found insights that are just as profound, and generally expressed in more compressed form, in articles. I recently happened on Joosten’s article “The…
Mathewson’s Handbook on the Greek Text of Revelation
Revelation: A Handbook on the Greek Text. By David L. Mathewson. Baylor Handbook on the Greek New Testament. Waco: Baylor University Press, 2016. Paperback, $34.95. David Mathewson, Associate Professor of New Testament at Denver Seminary, has written important works on…