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20.143 Exercises

The following notes should help you in understanding the Practice Sentences provided by Croy. You might also find it very helpful to look at a Segmented Version of the sentences.


1. ἐδεξάμην τὰ δῶρα τὰ ἁγιασθέντα καὶ ἤνεγκα αὐτὰ διὰ τῶν θύρων τοῦ ἱεροῦ.

The word ἁγιασθέντα is an aorist passive participle (agreeing with δῶρα). Can you identify the gender, number, and case of this participle? Remember that ἐδεξάμην is a deponent verb (middle in form, active in meaning; here it takes an object, δῶρα).

2. ἦσαν καθήμενοι ἐν τῇ φυλακῇ καὶ θέλοντες ἀκοῦσαι τὸ εὐαγγέλιον.

The words καθήμενοι and θέλοντες are present active participles (in agreement with the unexpressed subject of ἦσαν). Can you identify the gender, number, and case of this participle? The participle θέλοντες takes a complementary infinitive, ἀκοῦσαι.

3. διδαχθέντες ὑπὸ τοῦ διδασκάλου, καὶ γινώσκομεν τὴν χάριν τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ γνωρίζομεν ἄλλοις αὐτήν.

The word διδαχθέντες is an aorist passive participle (agreeing with the subject of γινώσκομεν and γνωρίζομεν). The preposition ὑπὸ is used to express the agent of the passive participle. Can you identify the gender, number, and case of this participle? Note the difference in meaning between the verbs γινώσκομεν and γνωρίζομεν. Notice the coordinated use of καὶ... καὶ... , "both... and..."

4. νῦν οἱ τυφλοὶ οὐ δύνανται ἰδεὶν τά κτισθέντα ὑπὸ θεοῦ, ἀλλὰ ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ θεὸς χαρίσεται ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτοῖς βλέπειν.

The word κτισθέντα is an aorist passive participle (being used substantively as the object of ἰδεὶν). Can you identify the gender, number, and case of this participle? The preposition ὑπὸ is used to express the agent of the passive participle. The verb δύνανται takes a complementary infinitive, ἰδεὶν. The verb χαρίσεται takes a complementary infinitive, βλέπειν. The verbs δύνανται and χαρίσεται are deponent (middle in form, active in meaning).

5. πολλάκις ἁμαρτάνοντες εἰς τὸν νόμον πῶς λημψόμεθα τὴν ἡτοιμασμένην ἡμῖν ζωὴν ἐν οὐρανοῖς;

The word ἁμαρτάνοντες is a present active participle (in agreement with the subject of λημψόμεθα). Can you identify the gender, number, and case of this participle? The word ἡτοιμασμένην is a perfect passive participle ("prepared"), feminine accusative singular, agreeing with ζωὴν. Notice how the noun phrase wraps around the participle and the dative pronoun that goes with that participle: τὴν ἡτοιμασμένην ἡμῖν ζωὴν, "the prepared-for-us-life." The verb λημψόμεθα is a future deponent (middle in form, active in meaning).

6. βλέποντες τοὺς καλοὺς οὐρανοὺς καὶ τὴν ἀγαθὴν γὴν πεπιστεύκαμεν ὅτι ὁ κόσμος ἐκτίσθη ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ.

The word βλέποντες is a present active participle (in agreement with the subject of πεπιστεύκαμεν). Can you identify the gender, number, and case of this participle? The preposition ὑπὸ is used to express the agent of the aorist passive verb, ἐκτίσθη. The verb πεπιστεύκαμεν is perfect tense, third person singular, from the verb πιστεύω.

7. ἀποκριθεὶς τῷ πατρί μου εἶπον, Γνωρίσω τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τῷ λαῷ, ἐμοὶ γὰρ ἐχαρίσατο ὁ κύριος τὰς ἁμαρτίας.

The word ἀποκριθεὶς is a aorist passive participle, being used for the middle of the deponent verb (in agreement with the subject of εἶπον). Can you identify the gender, number, and case of this participle? The verb ἐχαρίσατο is deponent (middle in form, active in meaning; here it takes an object, ἁμαρτίας). Notice that the subject κύριος follows its verb, ἐχαρίσατο. Notice how the postpositive particle γὰρ comes in second position, and joins the two statements together.

8. ὑμεῖς αὐτοὶ ἀκούσαντες τὰ ῥήματα τῶν τεθεραπευμένων οὔπω πιστεύετε τούτοις τοῖς σημείοις.

The word ἀκούσαντες is a aorist active participle (in agreement with ὑμεῖς). Can you identify the gender, number, and case of this participle? The word τεθεραπευμένων is a perfect passive participle, masculine nominative plural ("of those who have been healed"). Note the emphatic use of αὐτοὶ, "you yourselves."

9. οὗτοι οἱ μαθηταί εἰσιν ἡγιασμένοι ἐν τῷ πνεύματι τῷ ἁγίῳ καὶ αὐτῶν τὰ ὀνόματα ἐστι γεγραμμένα ἐν ουρανῷ.

The word ἡγιασμένοι is a perfect passive participle ("sanctified, made holy"), masculine nominative plural, agreeing in the predicate with μαθηταί. The word γεγραμμένα is also a perfect passive participle ("written"), neuter nominative plural, agreeing in the predicate with ὀνόματα. Notice that the neuter plural ὀνόματα is able to take a singular verb, ἐστι.

10. κράζουσα ἐν τῇ νυκτὶ ἡ γυνὴ ἐγνώρισεν ὅτι ἄνθρωπος πονηρὸς εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτῆς καὶ λαβὼν ἄρτον ἔφυγεν.

The word κράζουσα is a present active participle (in agreement with γυνὴ). Can you identify the gender, number, and case of this participle? The word λαβὼν is an aorist active participle (in agreement with the subject of ἔφυγεν). Can you identify the gender, number, and case of this participle?

11. τὰ τέκνα τὰ ἐκβληθέντα ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου ὑποστρέψει, τῆς μητρὸς αὐτῶν θελούσης.

The word ἐκβληθέντα is an aorist passive participle (in agreement with τέκνα). Can you identify the gender, number, and case of this participle? Notice that τέκνα is the subject of ὑποστρέψει (a neuter plural can take a singular verb in Greek). The word θελούσης is a present active participle, in a genitive absolute construction with μητρὸς.

12. ἰδόντες ἀνεῳγμένας τὰς θύρας τῆς φυλακῆς ἐθαυμάσαμεν ἐπὶ τῇ χάριτι τοῦ θεοῦ.

The word ἰδόντες is an aorist active participle (in agreement with the subject of ἐθαυμάσαμεν). Can you identify the gender, number, and case of this participle? The word ἀνεῳγμένας is a perfect passive participle ("opened"), feminine accusative plural, agreeing with θύρας.

13. πορευθέντες εἰς τὴν συναγωγὴν προσηύξασθε λέγοντες, Κύριε, ἑωράκαμεν τὸ αἷμα τῶν δεδιωγμένων τέκνων σου.

The word πορευθέντες is an aorist passive participle, used instead of a middle form for the deponent verb (in agreement with the subject of προσηύξασθε). The word λέγοντες is a present active participle (also in agreement with the subject of προσηύξασθε). Can you identify the gender, number, and case of these two participles? The verb ἑωράκαμεν is perfect tense, first person plural, for the verb βλέπω. The word δεδιωγμένων is a perfect passive participle ("persecuted"), neuter genitive plural, agreeing with τέκνων.

14. οὐκ ἔχεις βιβλία, τὰ δὲ γεγραμμένα ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ σου γνωρίζει τὴν χάριν θεοῦ.

The word γεγραμμένα is also a perfect passive participle ("written"), neuter nominative plural, serving as the subject of γνωρίζει (remember that a neuter plural can take a singular verb in Greek). Notice how the postpositive particle δὲ comes in second position, and joins the two statements together.

 


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