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Greek Lessons
- Verbal Aspect in New Testament Greek: Imperfective vs. Perfective
- Chiasmus, Inclusio, and Anaphora in New Testament Greek
- Numbered and Named: Genitive Constructions and Enumerated Tribes in Revelation 7:7
- Semantic Range of Greek Verbs in the New Testament: A Case Study on ἀγαπάω and φιλέω
- Released to Serve Anew: Aorist Passives, Participles, and the Tension of Transformation in Romans 7:6
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Tag Archives: Luke 23:8
The King Who Saw—and Yet Did Not See: A Study in Vision and Desire
In the shadowed drama of Jesus’ trial before Pilate and Herod, Luke 23:8 offers a moment both fleeting and revealing. Here, we find Herod Antipas, tetrarch of Galilee, encountering Jesus for the first time. The verse records not just an act of seeing, but a complex interplay of expectation, longing, and narrative irony.
ὁ δὲ Ἡρῴδης ἰδὼν τὸν Ἰησοῦν ἐχάρη λίαν· ἦν γὰρ ἐξ ἱκανοῦ θέλων ἰδεῖν αὐτὸν διὰ τὸ ἀκούειν αὐτὸν πολλὰ περὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἤλπιζέ τι σημεῖον ἰδεῖν ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ γινόμενον.This single sentence pulses with grammatical richness—particularly in its use of participles and infinitives that layer meaning onto the act of seeing and desiring.… Learn Koine Greek