New Testament Greek

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1. We call the New Testament Greek text the "Koine". What does the word "Koine" mean? new ancient received text (as in the Latin name for the Greek text printed by the Elzevir in 1624, "Textus Receptus") common

2. John 1:1 says, "...kai theos En o Logos.", "...and the Word was God." Why is there no article before the word "theos" ("God")? It should be there; John was using poor grammar It should be there; it was inadvertently omitted by a copyist John is emphasizing one of several attributes of the Word (Christ), that is, He is God John believed that there was more than one God, and it should be translated "a God"

3. John 18:12 reads, "E oun speira kai o chiliarchos kai oi upEretai tOn IoudaiOn sunelabon ton IEsoun, kai edusan auton." Judging strictly from the Greek text alone, approximately how many Roman soldiers were likely present at Jesus' arrest? 100 25 about 1000 more than 50

4. Consider Revelation 4:6: "...kai kuklO tou thronou tessara zOa ghemonta ophthalmOn emprosthen kai opisthen." The King James Version reads, "...and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind." The Revised Standard Version translates "zOa" as "living creatures". Which is a more correct translation? Are both good renderings of the Greek? Or are both wrong? beasts living creatures both are OK both are wrong

5. Revelation 22:19 says, "...aphelei o Theos to meros autou apo tou xulou tEs zoEs..." The King James Version translates "xulou tEs zoEs" as "book of life". How should this phrase be translated? The King James translation is fine "bread of life" "seed of life" "tree of life"

6. Romans 1:7 tells us, "...charis umin kai eirEnE apo Theou Patros umon, kai Kuriou IEsou Christou uper pantOn umOn." The Revised Standard Version says, "Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ." Knowing what I'm sure you do about Greek grammar and word construction, what can you infer from this passage about how Paul thought about the relationship between God the Father and Jesus Christ? He thought that Jesus Christ was inferior to God the Father He thought that they were essentially equal He thought they were exactly the same He thought that Jesus Christ was divine, not inferior to God, but not of the same essence

7. Back to John's Gospel again! John 15:26 says, "otan de elthE o paraklEtos, on ego pempsO umin para tou Patros, to pneuma tEs alEtheias, o para tou Patros ekporeuetai, ekeinos marturEsei peri emou." "But when the Counselor comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness to me". In ancient Greece, what was a "paraklEtos", here translated as "Counselor"? a judge an accuser a prosecutor a defense attorney in a court of law

8. Galatians 3:27 reads, "osoi gar eis Christon ebaptisthEte, Christon enedusasthe." The Revised Standard Version says, "For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ." What would be another correct way to translate the last phrase of this verse, "...have put on Christ"? "...in Christ you have been confirmed." "...in Christ you have been saved." "...in Christ you have been clothed." "...in Christ you have been forgiven."

9. Matthew 6:11 (part of the Lord's Prayer) says, "ton arton EmOn ton epiousion dos Emin sEmeron.", which is translated by most versions as, "Give us this day our daily bread." The word "epiousion", translated as "daily", does not really mean that at all. Nor does it mean what is footnoted in some versions, "our bread for the morrow." When you break it down to its roots, what does "epiousion" actually mean? necessary super-essential heavenly life-sustaining

10. Luke 22:34, "o de eipe, Lego soi, Petre, ou mE phonEsei sEmeron alektOr, prin E tris aparnEsE mE eidenai me." "He said, 'I tell you, Peter, the cock will not crow this day, until you three times deny that you knew me." This "cock-crowing" was, in Jerusalem, Greek slang for what? sunrise the Roman changing of the guard the opening of the Jewish assembly of the chief priests, indicated by a trumpet call the opening of the Roman (Pontius Pilate's) court for the day