Wednesday, February 20, 2013

The Greek Paraphrased NT

I think that'll be cool. There are so many Hebrew paraphrases of the NT, why not a Greek paraphrase to familiarize Greek beginners with the root nouns and their meanings? This could be a good exercise for students.

Joh 1:1-18 KJV
(1)  In the arche (beginning) was the Logos (Word), and the Logos was with Theos (God), and the  Logos was Theos.
(2)  The same was in the arche with Theos.
(3)  All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
(4)  In him was zoe (life); and the zoe was the phos (light) of anthropos (men).
(5)  And the phos shineth in scotia (darkness); and the scotia comprehended it not.
(6)  There was a anthropos sent from Theos, whose name was John.
(7)  The same came for a marturia (witness), to bear maturia of the phos, that all anthropos through him might pisteuo.
(8)  He was not that phos, but was sent to bear witness of that phos.
(9)  That was the alethinos(true) Phos, which lighteth every man that cometh into the kosmos (world).
(10)  He was in the kosmos, and the kosmos was made by him, and the kosmos knew him not.
(11)  He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
(12)  But as many as received him, to them gave the exousia (power) to become the teknon (sons) of Theos, even to them that believe on his onoma(name):
(13)  Which were born, not of aima (blood), nor of the thelema(will) of the sarx(flesh), nor of the thelema of aner(man), but of Theos.
(14)  And the Logos was made Sarx, and dwelt among us, and we beheld his doxa(glory), the doxa as of the monogenes (only begotten) of the Pater (father), full of charis (grace) and aletheia (truth).
(15)  John bare marturia of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.
(16)  And of his pleroma (fulness) have all we received, and charis for charis.
(17)  For the nomos(law) was given by Moses, but charis and aletheia came by Jesus Christ.
(18)  Oudeis(nobody) hath seen Theos at any time; the monogenes uihos(Son), which is in the kolpos (bosom) of the Pater, he hath declared him.

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