They particularly wondered what ?????????????? meant. Instead of defining the word, I described it by citing the Old Testament example of Aaron’s rod budding? Is that a good example? Anyone have a better way to explain it? —

A friend of mine writes: “I have summarily rejected the lexical definitions of apekdechomai, taking, instead, the meaning of the verb dechomai, and adding the meanings of the added prefixes.  This is just for your consideration.  It gives the verse a very different meaning. Phil. 3:20 “For you see, our citizenship (result of living in […]

1) Your Sunday productions have worn thin. 2) You speak in a foreign tongue. 3) Your vision can’t see past your building. 4) You choose lousy battles. 5) Your love doesn’t look like love.

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24 Feb 2011 Friends: Moulton and Milligan’s The Vocabulary of the Greek New Testament, p. 703, cites a parallel to the usage of ὡς (hWS) with the indicative at 1 Cor. 12:2 from the Paris Papyri (46:18) from 152 B.C.: ὡς ἂν εὐκαιρήσω, παραχρῆμα παρέσομαι πρός σε. hWS AN EUKAIRHSW, PARAXRHMA PARESOMAI PROS SE. I’d […]

David wrote Hi, David, I agree, but if you try to teach yourself to use Ancient Greek as a living language, it opens up all sorts of time you have throughout the day that you cannot use for just reading Greek or reading about Greek. You can listen to Greek while you wash the dishes. […]