Bill Mounce

For an Informed Love of God

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Bill is the founder and President of BiblicalTraining.org, serves on the Committee for Bible Translation (which is responsible for the NIV translation of the Bible), and has written the best-selling biblical Greek textbook, Basics of Biblical Greek, and many other Greek resources. He speaks and blogs regularly on issues relating to trusting the Bible, the Pastoral Epistles (1 and 2 Timothy, and Titus), Greek and issues of spiritual growth.

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Monday with Mounce

Taking a Break

I am taking a break from blogging until August. We are off to Ireland for the annual NIV meeting, sightseeing around Ireland and Northern Ireland with my family, and then headed to Berlin for my daughter's wedding. Follow the fun on Instagram.com/billmounce. I will start up again some time in August.

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Bible Study Greek

How an article makes a prepositional phrase into a noun

One of the many functions of the word ὁ is to turn a phrase into a noun, and one of the of the most common phrases is the prepositional phrase. Matt 24:17 show several examples of this, and it also provides an interesting exegetical issue. If this verse is about Jesus' return and the end of time, then why are the people told to not go back into their houses? Time is over; it doesn't matter what's in the house.

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Greek Word of the Day

ταχύς

ταχύ(ς)

ταχεῖα, ταχύ (*ταχυ)

ταχύ(ς) as an adjective means “quick, swift.”

ταχύ(ς) as an adverb means “quickly.”

“Εveryone must be ταχύς to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry” (James 1:19).

“Yes, I am coming ταχύς!” Amen! Come, Lord Jesus!” (Rev 22:20).

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