10 Minutes in New Testament Greek

Anyone who has ever taken New Testament Greek can tell you that participles are hard. They are difficult to parse, and just as difficult to understand how they function in a sentence. The truth is that the participle in Greek functions as a sort of “catch-all.” It does a little bit of everything. In this [...]

There is a lot of subtlety in aspect that is difficult to translate into English. In this episode, I explain what verbal aspect is, talk about verbal aspect and the perfect tense, and then we look at 1 John 1:1 to see how verbal aspects affects our understanding of the verse in a way that [...]

Part 2 of my interview with Dr. Mark Meyer who leads the Ph.D. in Biblical Studies program at Capital Seminary & Graduate School. We discuss the importance of biblical languages in ministry. UPDATE 10/24/2017. It turns out that Dr. Meyer misunderstood a question. I have added a portion at 38:50 to ensure his views are [...]

Part 1 of my interview with Dr. Mark Meyer who leads the Ph.D. in Biblical Studies program at Capital Seminary & Graduate School. We discuss the importance of biblical languages in ministry. What do you think? Let me know at http://10minutesinnewtestamentgreek.com/017 Find more episodes at http://10minutesinnewtestamentgreek.com.

I got an email this week from a listener in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. His name is Jonathan, and we had an email thread about Colossians 1:16 and the meaning of the word κτίζω. It occurs twice in Colossians 1:16, and 15 times in the New Testament, so it is not a word we will come [...]