Category Archives: Greek

Jesus and the OT Law

Posted on August 25, 2021 by John Harris

Here is a video from 2012 explaining the relationship between the OT Law and what Jesus accomplished in the New Covenant.   (Below is the bottom line and some recommended resources)  

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Can We Trust The Bible?

Posted on July 2, 2021 by John Harris

There are somewhere between 200,000 and 400,000 textual variants in the NT Manuscripts 5,000 Greek manuscripts, 10,000 latin, etc. (There are over 1M quotations of the NT in the writings of the church fathers)   ≈ 75% of variants are spelling/nonsense … Continue reading →

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Greek Chapters 32-36

Posted on May 6, 2019 by John Harris

This is the end! Below is the final vocabulary to round out BBG 320 vocabulary words! You know know more than 80% of the word count of the New Testament (110,878 uses in the Greek NT). Way to go! Make … Continue reading →

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Greek Chapter 31

Posted on April 25, 2019 by John Harris

Back to verbs, this time, Subjunctive verbs. The Subjunctive mood deals with “possibilities” (not “reality” like the Indicative mood). When translating a subjunctive verb, start with “may/might” in front of it, then smooth out the english later. The sign of … Continue reading →

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Greek Chapters 29 & 30

Posted on April 17, 2019 by John Harris

Not a lot of new information for these two chapters, but it rounds-out participles. Remember that a Participle is a “Verbal Adjective” so it is based on the same root/stems as a Verb, but it modifies a Noun (head noun). … Continue reading →

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