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Text in Focus: Matthew 27:1

Πρωΐας δὲ γενομένης, συμβούλιον ἔλαβον πάντες οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι τοῦ λαοῦ κατὰ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ ὥστε θανατῶσαι αὐτόν·

Literal Translation

Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus in order to put Him to death.

What Is the Genitive Absolute?

The genitive absolute is a syntactic construction in Greek where a noun or pronoun and a participle, both in the genitive case, form a clause that is grammatically disconnected from the main clause of the sentence. It typically serves to:

– Indicate time (“when”) – Indicate cause (“since” or “because”) – Indicate condition (“if”) – Indicate concession (“although”)

This construction is “absolute” because the subject of the participle is not the subject of the main verb.… Learn Koine Greek