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Greek Lessons
- Command and Response: The Interplay of Imperatives and Indicatives in Matthew 8:9
- 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
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Tag Archives: Revelation 19:2
The Grammar of Justice: Declensions in Revelation 19:2
Ὅτι ἀληθιναὶ καὶ δίκαιαι αἱ κρίσεις αὐτοῦ· ὅτι ἔκρινε τὴν πόρνην τὴν μεγάλην, ἥτις διέφθειρε τὴν γῆν ἐν τῇ πορνείᾳ αὐτῆς, καὶ ἐξεδίκησε τὸ αἷμα τῶν δούλων αὐτοῦ ἐκ χειρὸς αὐτῆς. (Revelation 19:2)
Because true and righteous are His judgments, for He judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her fornication, and He has avenged the blood of His servants from her hand.
Declensions as Theological ArchitectureThis verse delivers a proclamation of divine justice, structured through a series of precise case usages. Nominatives frame the truth of God’s judgments, accusatives identify the objects of His action, genitives mark possession and origin, and datives provide the arena or means of corruption.… Learn Koine Greek