by Rob Plummer | Jun 15, 2019 | Scripture Passage, Extended Exegetical Discussions, Grammar, Other Texts
A student came up to me during a class break and asked, “How does Jesus’ circumcision as an 8-day old boy impact our salvation?” He was reading Colossians 2:11. Does the text of Colossians 2:11 speak to that issue?...
by Rob Plummer | Jun 8, 2019 | Scripture Passage, Extended Exegetical Discussions, Grammar, Other Texts
When Paul was converted/called on the Damascus Road, he had traveling companions with him. Did they hear or not hear the Lord speak to Paul? Do the accounts in Acts disagree?...
by Rob Plummer | Jun 1, 2019 | Scripture Passage, Extended Exegetical Discussions, Grammar, Other Texts
Have you ever noticed that all of the imperatives (requests) in the Lord’s Prayer are in the aorist tense? In today’s weekend edition, we explore the reasons for this pattern....
by Rob Plummer | May 25, 2019 | Scripture Passage, Greek Resources, Extended Exegetical Discussions, Grammar, Other Texts
Dr. Plummer is a big fan of micro-learning, or learning in bite-size chunks. Today, he recommends a Weekly 5-minute podcast on church history, www.5minutesinchurchhistory.com. The episode from February 20, 2019, “The 3 Foot Manuscript,” is about the famous Greek...
by Rob Plummer | Apr 13, 2019 | Extended Exegetical Discussions, Special Editions, Grammar
In today’s weekend edition, Dr. Plummer looks at several texts in the New Testament that specify a certain point in the day. How did people tell time in antiquity? When modern Bible translations differ in their renderings of temporal indicators, we see an example of...
by Rob Plummer | Mar 30, 2019 | Extended Exegetical Discussions, Special Editions, Grammar
In today’s weekend edition, Dr. Plummer reviews a function of the genitive case – the epexegetical genitive....
by Rob Plummer | Dec 15, 2018 | Extended Exegetical Discussions, Guest Hosts, Special Editions
For today’s weekend feature, we are honored to have guest host, Dr. Sue Kmetko of Stirling Theological College, Melbourne, Australia, share about her doctoral research on middle voice...
by Rob Plummer | Dec 8, 2018 | Extended Exegetical Discussions, Special Editions, Revelation 10, Revelation
The oldest extant Greek language commentary on the Book of Revelation is by Oecumenius (6th century). The first real grammatical point in the commentary appears in Oecumenius’s comments on Revelation 10:2. In today’s weekend edition, we explore Oecumenius’s...
by Rob Plummer | Oct 27, 2018 | Extended Exegetical Discussions, Grammar, Other
Why is the book of Hebrews so challenging to read in Greek? Today’s video on hyperbaton will help you answer that question – and perhaps also help you read it more easily. Today’s video originally aired in March 2018....
by Rob Plummer | Oct 13, 2018 | John, Extended Exegetical Discussions, Special Editions
In today’s weekend edition, Dr. Plummer looks at the nuances of the Genitive, Dative, and Accusative cases in the way that they generally communicate time....
