by Rob Plummer | Jun 1, 2019 | Extended Exegetical Discussions, Grammar, Other Texts, Scripture Passage
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 | Extended Exegetical Discussions, Grammar, Greek Resources, Other Texts, Scripture Passage
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, Grammar, Special Editions
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, Grammar, Special Editions
In today’s weekend edition, Dr. Plummer reviews a function of the genitive case – the epexegetical genitive....
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 Rod Elledge | Feb 24, 2018 | Extended Exegetical Discussions, Grammar, Guest Hosts, Scripture Passage, Special Editions
Illeism is the technical term for referring to oneself in the third person. Have you ever noticed how frequently Jesus refers to himself in the third person in the Gospels? Why did he do...
