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Greek Lessons
- The Hour Had Not Yet Come: Divine Timing and Aorist Action in John 7:30
- Because of This Word: Perfect Tense and Power at a Distance
- The Greatest and the Least: Superlative Contrast and Kingdom Inversion in Luke 7:28
- Who Made You Judge? Participle and Aorist in the Voice of Rejection
- “To Be Thus Is Good”: Verbal Infinitives and Temporal Crisis in 1 Corinthians 7:26
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Bread for the Journey: The Grammar of Dependency in Matthew 6:11
τὸν ἄρτον ἡμῶν τὸν ἐπιούσιον δὸς ἡμῖν σήμερον
Among the most familiar lines in the New Testament lies a phrase rich with theological and grammatical nuance: Matthew 6:11, the fourth petition of the Lord’s Prayer. At first glance, this verse appears simple — a request for daily bread. Yet beneath its surface is a profound interplay of possessive pronouns, demonstrative force, and the enigmatic adjective ἐπιούσιον, whose meaning has puzzled scholars for centuries.
This article will explore one central feature: the phrase structure “τὸν ἄρτον ἡμῶν τὸν ἐπιούσιον” — analyzing how word order, possessive markers, and rare vocabulary combine to shape a theology of daily dependence on God.… Learn Koine Greek