Lesson 4: Chapter 26: Exercises A: Practice and Review

Question 1

γράφει ἄνθρωπος λόγους ζωῆς ἀδελφῇ.

Answer 1

A man writes words of life to a sister.

Question 2

θέλομεν διδάσκειν τέκνα, ἀλλὰ οὐ θέλουσι γινώσκειν ἀλήθειαν.

Answer 2

We wish to teach children, but they do not wish to know truth.

Question 3

διδάσκει νόμος θεοῦ ὅτι οὐρανὸς ἔχει δόξαν.

Answer 3

God’s law (or, a law of God) teaches that heaven has glory.

Question 4

λέγει ἀδελφὸς ἐκκλησίᾳ καὶ λέγουσιν υἱοὶ δούλῳ.

Answer 4

A brother is speaking to an assembly, and sons are speaking to a slave.

Question 5

οὐ βλέπομεν γῆν θανάτου, πιστεύομεν δὲ ὅτι ζωὴν ἔχει οἶκος θεοῦ.

Answer 5

We do not see a land of death but we believe that God’s house has life.

Question 6

ἀδελφὸς καὶ ἀδελφὴ λέγουσιν, Κύριε, θέλομεν βλέπειν θεοῦ ἔργα.

Answer 6

A brother and a sister are saying, “Lord, we wish to see God’s works.”

Question 7

τέκνα ἀδελφῆς θέλουσι βλέπειν οὐρανόν, τέκνα δὲ γῆς οὐ βλέπουσιν οἶκον θεοῦ.

Answer 7

A sister’s children want to see heaven, but children of earth do not see God’s house.

Question 7

διδάσκει κύριος δούλους γράφειν λόγους καὶ δοῦλοι διδάσκουσιν τέκνα.

Answer 7

A master is teaching slaves to write words, and slaves are teaching children.

Question 8

ἔχετε ἔργα νόμου, γινώσκω δὲ ὅτι θεὸς βλέπει καρδίαν ἀνθρώπου.

Answer 8

You (pl.) have works of law, but I know that God sees a person’s heart.

Question 9

υἱοῦ θάνατος λύει καρδίαν ἀνθρώπου, ἀλλὰ γινώσκομεν καὶ πιστεύομεν ὅτι βασιλεία θεοῦ ἔχει ζωήν.

Answer 9

A son’s death destroys a person’s heart, but we know and believe that God’s kingdom has life.