Basics of Biblical Greek Exercise 17 Track 1

Exercise 17 Ð Track 1 Contract Verbs Parsing ¥ In the leftmost column, we put a bullet ( ¥ ) in front of the personal ending, and another bullet before the contraction of the contract vowel and connecting vowel. Inflected Person / Number Case Tense / Voice Mood Gender Lexical Inflected Meaning Form lal ¥ ou: ¥ men 1 Plural Present Active Indicative lalevw We are speaking ajgap ¥ w: ¥ si 3 Plural Present Active Indicative ajgapavw they are loving thr ¥ w: ¥ Ð 1 Singular Present Active Indicative threvw I am keeping plhr ¥ ou: ¥ te 2 Plural Present Active Indicative plhrovw you (plural) are filling zht ¥ ou: ¥ sin 3 Plural Present Active Indicative zhtevw they are seeking ajgap ¥ a: ¥ 3 Singular Present Active Indicative ajgapavw he/she/it is loving kal ¥ ei¾ ¥ V / 2 Singular Present Active Indicative kalevw you are calling plhr ¥ o ¥ i¾ 3 Singular Present Active Indicative plhrovw he/she/it is filling lal ¥ ei¾ ¥ te 2 Plural Present Active Indicative lalevw you (plural) are speaking poi ¥ e ¥ i¾ 3 Singular Present Active Indicative poievw he/she/it is doing Warm-up a. We are keeping his commandments. b. I am not doing the works of my father. g. They are seeking you. d. Do you love me? e. He does not keep the Sabbath. z. Why are you speaking with her? h. We love the children of God. !37 38 ! Exercise 17 (Track One) Translation 1. But why are you calling me ÒLord, Lord,Ó and are not doing what I say? 2. The disciples said to him, ÒWhy are you speaking to them in parables?Ó 3. We know that we have passed from death into life, because we are loving 1 the brothers. 4. The Father loves the Son and has given everything into his hand. 5. They are from the world; on account of this, they are speaking from the world, and the world is listening to them. 6. You are believing that God is one. You are doing well; the demons are also believing and they shudder. 7. The one who does not love me is not keeping my words, and the word which you are hearing is not mine. 8. What are we doing because this man is doing many signs? 9. Therefore, Pilate is saying to him, ÒYou are not speaking to me? Do you not realize that I have authority to free you, and I have authority to crucify you?Ó 10. Behold, your disciples are doing that which is not lawful to do on the Sabbath. Additional 11. If therefore we are keeping GodÕs commandments and laws, we know that we have his great love in our hearts. 12. How is Jesus doing the many signs that you are seeing? On the authority of the Holy Spirit. 13. In those days a king did not exist in Israel; a man was doing what was good in his own eyes. 14. You are hearing me, Jacob, and Israel, whom I am calling; I am the first, and I am into eternity. 15. He is not saying good things about me, but É bad things. 16. Therefore, if David is calling him Lord, how is he his son? 17. Why is this man speaking in this manner? 18. For all are seeking the things of themselves, not the things of Jesus Christ. 19. The things which I have seen in the presence of my2 father I am speaking; you accordingly are doing the things which you heard from your 3 father. É You are doing the works of your father. 20. And Simon and those who were with him sought him intently, and they found him and are saying to him, ÒEveryone is seeking you.Ó! 1 In answer to the question asked in the workbook, because ajgapw:men is present tense, it is either continuous or undefined aspect, but continuous aspect is the default. Continuous aspect fits this context because we find assurance of our salvation when we look at our behavior patterns and see consistent, ongoing patterns of loving our fellow Christians. 2 3 ÒMyÓ is not explicit, but it is added from the context to clarify the English. ÒYourÓ is not explicit, but it is added from the context to clarify the English.