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Greek Lessons
- Declensions in the Storm: Case Usage in Matthew 8:26
- Testimony on the Road: Aorist Participles and Mission Grammar in Acts 8:25
- Storm Syntax: Subordinate Purpose and Sleeping Sovereignty
- When Storms Speak: Aspect, Action, and Tension in Luke 8:23
- The Touch That Transforms: Volition and Expectation in Mark 8:22
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Declensions in the Storm: Case Usage in Matthew 8:26
Καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς· τί δειλοί ἐστε, ὀλιγόπιστοι; τότε ἐγερθεὶς ἐπετίμησε τοῖς ἀνέμοις καὶ τῇ θαλάσσῃ, καὶ ἐγένετο γαλήνη μεγάλη. (Matthew 8:26)
And he says to them, “Why are you afraid, O you of little faith?” Then, having risen, he rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.
Declension Analysis Table Greek Form Morphology Case & Function Notes αὐτοῖς 3rd person pronoun, dative masculine plural Dative of indirect object Marks the disciples as the addressees: “he says to them.” δειλοί Adjective, nominative masculine plural Predicate nominative with ἐστε “You are cowardly/afraid.” The nominative agrees with the implied subject ὑμεῖς.… Learn Koine Greek