InfinitivesJ. Lyle Story

Ancient Jerusalem Temple

balei=n u(postre/feindida/skeini0dei=n qerapeu=sai ei]nai pa/sxeinpaqei=n

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Parse and Translatekhruxqh=nai proseu/xesqailabei=n e1xeinswqh=naigene/sqai pisteu=saiei0selqei=n

Discus Thrower (Greek) - circa 460 B.C.

dei= au0to\n a0pelqei=n e0n de\ tw=| le/gein me. . . dia\ de\ to\ ei]nai au0to/n . . .meta\ de\ to\ e0gerqh=nai to\n

ku/rionou0 e1cestin fagei=ne0n tw=| eu0aggeli/zesqai to\n

0Ihsoun to\n lao/n

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Cardo Street,

Jerusalem

o0fei/lomen proseu/xesqai tw=| sw/santi h(mava3uth h]lqen i0dei=n ta\ e1rga tou= Xristou=e1legon oi( a1nqrwpoi au0to\n ei]nai to\n

profh/thn…a0pe/qanen u(pe\r au0tw=n ei0v to\ swqh=nai au0tou/vh1rcato de\ 0Ihsou=v le/gein toi=v 0Ioudai/oiv.qe/lw ga\r i0dei=n u(ma=v

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Black-Figure Amphora. Attic, (Greek) c. 540-530 B.C.

a0po\ to/te o( 0Ihsou=v deinu/ein (deiknu/w = I point out) toi=v maqhtai=v au0tou= o#ti dei= au0to\n ei0v (Ieroso/uma a0pelqei=n kai\ polla\ (many things) paqei=n a0po\ tw=n presbute/rwn kai\ a0rxiere/wn kai\

grammate/wn kai\ a0poktanqh=nai kai\ th=| tri/th| (third) h(me/ra| e0gerqh=nai. Matt. 16:21

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Tomb of Absalom (Absalom’s Pillar), Kidron Valley, Jerusalem

dia\ to\ e)ggu\v ei]nai 0Ierousalh\m au0to/n Lk. 19:11

meta\ to\ gene/sqai me e0kei= dei= me kai\ (Rw/mhn i0dei=n Acts 19:21

kai\ a0pokriqei\v o( 0Ihsou=v ei]pen pro\v tou\v nomikou\v (lawyers) kai\ Farisai/ouv le/gwn, 1Ecestin tw=| sabba/tw| qerapeu=sai h@ ou1; Lk. 14:3

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Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus; (10 BC – 54 AD), was Roman Emperor from 41 to 54.

ei]pen au0toi=v 0Ihsou=v, 0Amh\n a0mh\n le/gw u(mi=n, pri\n 0Abraa\m gene/sqai e0gw\ ei0mi/ Jn. 8:58

1Aciov ei] labei=n to\ bibli/on kai\ a0noi=cai ta\v sfragi=dav (sfragi/v = seal)

au0tou= Rev. 5:9ou0 du/natai ei]nai/ mou maqhth/v

Lk. 14:26

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Agora with shops and odeon, Thessalonica

e1legen ga\r o( 0Iwa/nnhv tw=| (Hrw/|dh| o#ti Ou0k e1cesti/n soi e1xein th\n gunai=ka tou= a0delfou= sou Mk. 6:18

mh\ nomi/shte (nomi/zw = I think, consider) o#ti h]lqon katalu/sai to\n no/mon h@ tou\v profh/tav. ou0k h]lqon

katalu/sai a0lla\ plhr=sai (plhro/w = I fill fulfill). Matt. 5:17

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o( de\ 0Iwa/nnhv diekw/luen (diakwlu/w = I prevent) au0to\n le/gwn, 0Egw\ xrei/an e1xw u(po\ sou= baptisqh=nai, kai\ su\ e1rxh| pro/v me; Matt. 3:15

ou0k ei0mi\ i(kano\v lu=sai Mk. 1:7dia\ to\ au0to\n ginw/skein pa/ntav (all persons) Jn. 2:24

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a1nqrwpoi du/o (two) a0ne/bhsan ei0v to\ i(ero\n proseu/casqai Lk. 18:10

u(mi=n e0xari/sqh . . . ou0 mo/non to\ ei0v au0to\n pisteu/ein a0lla\ kai\ to\ u(pe\r au0tou=

pa/sxein. Phil. 1:29o0fei/lei a0poqanei=n Jn. 19:7me/llei o( ui(o\v tou= a0nqrw/pou e1rxesqai Matt. 16:27

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