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Acts 1, Extended Exegetical Discussions, Grammar, Greek, Guest Hosts, Other Texts, Scripture Passage, Special EditionsDr. William Varner on Acts 1:8
Today, we are happy to have Dr. William Varner of The Master’s University doing a guest screencast on…
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ἀφίημι, Leave, Allow, Forgive, Divorce (Semantic Range)
In today’s weekend feature, Dr. Plummer overviews “semantic range,” illustrating the concept with the verb ἀφίημι.
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John, ὁ βαπτίζων (Mark 6:14)
Dr. Plummer uses a participial referehttps://vimeo.com/336231730nce to John, ὁ βαπτίζων (Mark 6:14), to review some characteristics of present…
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Greek Resources for the Gospel of Matthew
In this weekend video, Dr. Plummer overviews two excellent resources to help you in studying the Greek text…
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The B-I-B-L-E and εἰμι, sung by Jeff Hurtgen
Greek lyrics originally put to this song by Dr. Ben Merkle The B – I – B –…
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2 Corinthians 12:7, Why a Present Subjunctive
When Paul says that the thorn in his flesh was given “to torment” him, he employs a present…
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Infinitives Song, to the tune of “Mary Had a Little Lamb”
Infinitives Song, to the tune of “Mary Had a Little Lamb,” Sung by Jeff Hurtgen λυειν (Present Active…
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Creative Learning, Extended Exegetical Discussions, Grammar, Greek, Greek Resources, Matthew, Scripture Passage, Special EditionsExegetical Gems from Biblical Greek, by Ben Merkle
Exegetical Gems from Biblical Greek, by Ben Merkle, is an enjoyable way to review grammatical concepts while focusing…
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Extended Exegetical Discussions, Grammar, Greek, Greek Resources, Guest Hosts, Other, Special EditionsTense and Aspect – Lecture by Con Campbell
What Greek grammarian is also a professional saxophone player and serious body builder? That’s right – Con Campbell,…
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1 John 1:1, NLT vs. NASB
The NLT and NASB are both very good modern English Bible translations, but their renderings of 1 John…
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Creative Learning, Extended Exegetical Discussions, Grammar, Greek, Greek Resources, Special EditionsAn Ideal Beginning Greek Grammar?
Today’s weekend video is a lecture that Dr. Plummer gave at the “Linguistics and New Testament Greek” conference…
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Colossians 2:11, The Circumcision of Christ
A student came up to me during a class break and asked, “How does Jesus’ circumcision as an…
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Acts 9:7 vs. Acts 22:9, Did Paul’s Companions Hear or not Hear
When Paul was converted/called on the Damascus Road, he had traveling companions with him. Did they hear or…
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Why Aorist Imperatives in the Lord’s Prayer
Have you ever noticed that all of the imperatives (requests) in the Lord’s Prayer are in the aorist…
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5 Minues in Church History Podcast
Dr. Plummer is a big fan of micro-learning, or learning in bite-size chunks. Today, he recommends a Weekly…
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Telling Time in Antiquity
In today’s weekend edition, Dr. Plummer looks at several texts in the New Testament that specify a certain…
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Epexegetical Genitive
In today’s weekend edition, Dr. Plummer reviews a function of the genitive case – the epexegetical genitive.
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Hyperbaton
Why is the book of Hebrews so challenging to read in Greek? Today’s video on hyperbaton will help…
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Illeism – Rod Elledge
Illeism is the technical term for referring to oneself in the third person. Have you ever noticed how…
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Monadic Nouns
Sometime interpreters make a big deal out of about a Greek noun having an article in front of…
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Anaphoric Article
This video provides a brief refresher on the Anaphoric Article or Article of Previous Reference—especially as that construction…
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Double Accusative Construction
Drawing upon the work of Dan Wallace, this video looks at that seemingly ubiquitous “Double Accusative” construction.
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Baugh – why aorist infinitive
Drawing upon the insights of Dr. Steven Baugh, Dr. Plummer looks at Acts 14:1, asking, “Why did Luke…
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Baugh, to do, pres vs aor infinitive
Drawing upon the insights of Dr. Steven Baugh, Dr. Plummer looks at two verses from the NT—one that…