Tag Archives: Luke 2:15

Verse in Greek

Καὶ ἐγένετο ὡς ἀπῆλθον ἀπ’ αὐτῶν εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν οἱ ἄγγελοι, καὶ οἱ ἄνθρωποι οἱ ποιμένες εἶπον πρὸς ἀλλήλους· Διέλθωμεν δὴ ἕως Βηθλέεμ καὶ ἴδωμεν τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο τὸ γεγονὸς ὃ ὁ Κύριος ἐγνώρισεν ἡμῖν.

Focus Topic: Temporal Clause with ὡς and Hortatory Subjunctives

This narrative verse shows a shift from heavenly action to human response, structured through a temporal clause and two first-person plural subjunctives. The grammar emphasizes immediacy, resolution, and reverence.

Temporal Clause: ὡς ἀπῆλθον…οἱ ἄγγελοι

ὡς introduces a temporal clause, here meaning “when” or “after.” The main verb ἀπῆλθον is aorist indicative active, 3rd person plural from ἀπέρχομαι (“they departed”).… Learn Koine Greek