Elementary New Testament Greek, 2014a

New Testament Exploration
Phil. 1:15–
16
Matt. 11:10
Rom. 10:5
Some, indeed, because of both envy and strife,
The latter do so from
love because they know that I am placed here for the defense of the
gospel. ( = but some also; = good will;
= Christ)
This is the one about whom it is written:
μ who will prepare
your way before you. ( = I; μ = my; =
your face) [see also Mark 2:1; Luke 7:27]
μ “The one who does these things will live by them.”
( = Moses; = for)
e) Which (of our 17 proper) prepositions did not occur at all in
Ephesians 1:3-23? How does this relate to the frequencies
supplied earlier in our lesson above?
2) Now open your Greek Interlinear to Ephesians 1:3-23. From our
discussion above, you know that the Interlinear code for the preposition
is the English letter p (for preposition). Scan across the parsing line (the
third line of the Interlinear) to check the accuracy of your work above.
Did you nd them all?
3) In the Interlinear, nd in Ephesians 2:5 and the English expression
“made us alive with Christ.” Just beneath this you will see the Greek verb
[Do you see that this is a combination of elements
you can already recognize ......()?] On the fourth line
beneath it you see its wordlist code: 5188. Go back to Appendix B, and
note the “dictionary form” there provided. Then look up exactly this
dictionary form in BDAG (noting the missing Greek letter!).
a) Notice that this verb has a preposition prexed to it.
Digging Deeper into the New Testament
Text
1) Find Ephesians 1:3-23 in your GNT. You will nd this passage to be
amazingly rich in prepositions! Scan through these verses (you need not
work at reading this whole passage aloud) and do the following:
a) Find all prepositions. [Ignore for the moment any prepositions
prexed to verbs.]
b) How many different prepositions did you nd? (Which ones were
they?)
c) How many times did each of these different prepositions occur?
d) Which preposition has been used the most? How does this relate
to the frequencies supplied earlier in the rst list of prepositions
supplied above?
b) In your judgment, what is the effect of the prexed preposition
upon the simple verb meaning, according to the four options
presented in our lesson above?
4) Go in Wallace’s Intermediate Grammar The Basics of NT Syntax to pages
160-173 [Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics, pages 355–389]. Simply leaf
through these pages for now. There is no need to understand everything
you see. If you have a chance at a later point in your academic studies to
venture into Advanced Greek, you will be exploring (among other things)
the subtle but important insights that come when the Greek preposition is
mastered.
a) On the top of page 167 [372], note the various possible senses
Wallace provides for the preposition .
b) How would you put into your own words the warning Wallace
issues regarding the “Root Fallacy” on page 165 [363]?
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