Category: Greek
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Bible Versification Compared
Chapter divisions and versification (dividing chapters by verse numbers) were added relatively late to our Christian biblical tradition. We do not attribute divine inspiration to the chapter and verse system, because, even though they are useful, they are artificial systems projected on top of the text, and, therefore, they hold no authority except as a…
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All Imperatives in the New Testament
All 1,098 imperatives in the New Testament, listed in both Nestle-Aland’s Novum Testamentum and the New American Standard Bible (1977). Note, some are requests and not commands. Also, note who is speaking to whom. Context is very important. Ref NA27 NASB77 Mat. 2:8 καὶ πέμψας αὐτοὺς εἰς Βηθλέεμ εἶπεν, Πορευθέντες ἐξετάσατε ἀκριβῶς περὶ τοῦ παιδίου· ἐπὰν δὲ…
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Books of the Bible, Abbreviated in English and German
This table is for those of us who get confused by the way our edition of Nestle-Aland’s Greek New Testament (Novum Testamentum Graece) records its abbreviations of biblical references. Now confused no more! Here are the most pertinent abbreviations found in NA27/28 for my study of Old Testament quotations and allusions in the New Testement: Matthew (Mt),…