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Greek Lessons
- Neither Surplus Nor Lack: The Theology of Indifference in 1 Corinthians 8:8
- Thorns That Choke: Converging Aorists and Participial Force in Luke 8:7
- The Grammar of Compassion: Voice, Place, and Affliction in Matthew 8:6
- What the Flesh Minds, What the Spirit Sets: Parallelism and Prepositional Identity in Romans 8:5
- The Ark at Ararat: Resting on the 27th Day
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Tag Archives: Mark 8:19
Fragments that Speak: Greek Grammar in a Question of Memory
Today we analyze a single interrogative sentence from Jesus that is both grammatically intricate and theologically evocative: ὅτε τοὺς πέντε ἄρτους ἔκλασα εἰς τοὺς πεντακισχιλίους, καὶ πόσους κοφίνους κλασμάτων πλήρεις ἤρατε; λέγουσιν αὐτῷ· δώδεκα from Mark 8:19. It is a question designed not for information, but for confrontation — and grammar plays a crucial role in shaping that rhetorical impact.
The Greek Text in Focusὅτε τοὺς πέντε ἄρτους ἔκλασα εἰς τοὺς πεντακισχιλίους, καὶ πόσους κοφίνους κλασμάτων πλήρεις ἤρατε; λέγουσιν αὐτῷ· δώδεκα (Mark 8:19)
“When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments did you take up?”… Learn Koine Greek
