Lesson 7: Chapter 47: Exercises A: Practice and Review

Question 1

λέγετε λόγον κατὰ τοῦ κυρίου τοῦ οὐρανοῦ;

Answer 1

Are you (pl.) speaking a word against the Lord of heaven?

Question 2

ἡ ἀδελφή σου καὶ τὸ τέκνον αὐτῆς εἰσιν ἐν τῷ πλοίῳ ἀλλʼ οὐκ ἔχουσιν ἄρτον.

Answer 2

Your sister and her child are in the boat but they do not have bread.

Question 3

αἱ ψυχαὶ ὑμῶν ἔχουσιν ἁμαρτίαν ὅτι ἐσθίετε τὸν ἄρτον τῶν τέκνων.

Answer 3

Your souls have sin because you are eating the children’s bread.

Question 4

ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ θεοῦ σῴζει ὑμᾶς ἀπὸ τῆς ἁμαρτίας ὑμῶν.

Answer 4

The love of God saves you from your sins.

Question 5

προφήτης πιστὸς οὐ διδάσκει κατὰ τοῦ νόμου.

Answer 5

A faithful prophet does not teach against the law.

Question 5

ἐσθίει ὁ ὄχλος τὸν ἄρτον τῆς γῆς, ἀλλʼ οὐκ ἔχουσι τὰ δῶρα τοῦ οὐρανοῦ.

Answer 5

The multitude is eating the bread of the land, but they do not have the gifts of heaven.
(“Multitude” (Îqlov) is an example of the constructio ad sensum. Cf. Matt 21:8 and John 6:2.)

Question 6

ἡ ἀγάπη τῆς ἁμαρτίας μένει ἐν σοί, ἐγὼ δὲ πιστεύω ὅτι ὁ κύριος θέλει σῴζειν σε.

Answer 6

The love of sin remains in you, but I believe that the Lord wants to save you.

Question 7

οὐ λαμβάνομεν δῶρα ἀπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ κατὰ τὰ ἔργα ἡμῶν ἀλλὰ κατὰ τὴν ἀγάπην αὐτοῦ.

Answer 7

We are not receiving gifts from God according to our works but according to his love.

Question 8

ἡ δικαία ἀκούει τῆς φωνῆς τῆς ἀληθείας καὶ σῴζει τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτῆς ἐκ θανάτου.

Answer 8

The righteous woman hears the voice of truth and saves her soul from death.

Question 8

οἱ δοῦλοι ἡμῶν βάλλουσι λίθους εἰς τὸ πλοῖον ὅτι αὐτὸ θέλουσι λύειν.

Answer 8

Our slaves are throwing stones into the boat because they wish to destroy it.

Question 9

γινώσκομεν ὅτι σὺ εἶ ὁ ἄγγελος τῆς ζωῆς. μετὰ σοῦ οἱ υἱοὶ τῆς βασιλείας εἰσίν;

Answer 9

We know that you are the angel of life. Are the sons of the kingdom with you?

Question 10

ὁ μαθητὴς οὐκ ἔχει τὴν ἁμαρτίαν, διδάσκει γὰρ κατὰ τὸν νόμον τοῦ θεοῦ.

Answer 10

The disciple does not have sin, for he teaches according to the law of God.

Question 11

λέγεις ὅτι ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ἅγιος, σὺ δὲ οὐ βλέπεις τὴν βασιλείαν μου.

Answer 11

You (sing.) say that I am the Holy One, but you do not see my kingdom.

Question 11

διὰ τὸν ὄχλον τὸν πονηρὸν πέμπει ὁ θεὸς τοὺς δούλους αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸν οἶκον.

Answer 11

Because of the evil crowd, God is sending his servants into the house.