Exercises

Instructions.

Where does the “tried” come from? Check the Greek.

NIV. Many a time I went from one synagogue to another to have them punished, and I tried to force them to blaspheme.

NASB. I am going through Macedonia.

ESV. I intend to pass through Macedonia.

NLT. I am planning to travel through Macedonia.

Explain why this is an acceptable translation of an aorist verb.

NIV. If you keep on biting and devouring each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.

ESV. But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another.