Basics of Biblical Greek Exercise 32

Exercise 32 InÞnitive Parsing Inflected Person / Number Case Tense / Voice Mood Lexical Form Inflected Meaning Gender levgein Present Active Infinitive levgw to say fagei¾n Aorist Active Infinitive ejsqivw to eat peplhrwkevnai Perfect Active Infinitive plhrovw to fulfill lalhvsasqai Aorist Middle Infinitive lalevw to speak for oneself sw:sai Aorist Active Infinitive sw/vzw to save doxavzesqai Present Middle or Passive Infinitive doxavzw to be glorified teqewrh:sqai Perfect Middle or Passive Infinitive qewrevw to be seen ajgapa:n Present Active Infinitive ajgapavw to love grafh:nai Aorist Passive Infinitive gravfw to be written plhrw:sai Aorist Active Infinitive plhrovw to fulfill Warm-up a. He sent them to preach 1 the Kingdom of God. b. To enter into the Kingdom of God g. Who is able to be saved? d. It is necessary for the Gospel to be preached. e. In order to kill him Ñ or Ñ In order for him to kill z. And while he was sowing h. But after my being raised Ñ or Ñ But after I was raised Translation 1. And again he began to teach beside the lake. 2. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it. 1 Because khruvssein is a present participle, it has continuous aspect. This continuous aspect is difficult to communicate in translation. ÒTo be preachingÓ might work, but it is very stilted English. !78 Exercise 32 ! 79 3. And he is saying to them, ÒIs it lawful on the Sabbaths to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?Ó 4. For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost. 5. And he appointed twelveÉ in order that they might be with him and in order that he might send them to preach and to have authority to cast out the demons. 6. For truly I am saying to you that many prophets and righteous people desired to see what you are seeing and they did not see it, and to hear what you are hearing and they did not hear it. 7. But Jesus was not entrusting himself to them because he knew all people. 8. (in order thatÉ) I might be found in him, not having my own from-the-law righteousness but the through-the-faithin-Christ righteousness, the from-God righteousness on the basis of faith, that I would know him and the power of his resurrection. 9. But after I am raised, I will go before you into Galilee. 10. Abraham É believed in order that he would become the father of many nations. Additional 11. This woman is desiring to have a precious stone on her hand after receiving it from the one who has loved her. 12. For let us go to the lake in order to find here some good days in the sun. 13. And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of the people had built. 14. But Abraham said concerning his wife Sarah, ÒShe is my sister,Ó because he feared to say, ÒShe is my wife,Ó lest the men of the city kill him on account of her. 15. And the Lord God said, my spirit most certainly will not stay in these people forever because they are flesh, but their days will be 120 years. 16. He answered them, ÒI told you already and you did not listen; why are you desiring to hear again? You are not also desiring to be his disciples, are you?Ó2 17. And the high priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking testimony against Jesus in order to kill him, and they were not finding any. 18. And Jesus said to them, ÒFollow behind me, and I will make you to be fishermen of people.Ó 19. I am desiring mercy and not sacrifice; for I did not come to call righteous people but sinners. 20. And Joseph also came up from Galilee from the city of Nazareth into Judea into the city of David which is called Bethlehem, because he was from the house and lineage of David.! 2 Because the final question begins with mhv, it expects the answer, ÒNo, we are not desiring to be his disciples.Ó Adding Òare youÓ at the end of the question is one way to communicate this expectation in English.