The Art Of Greek Parsing Series

INTRODUCTION

Outline.

1. The Art of Greek Parsing

Introductory Remarks.

1. We will conduct a Greek Parsing Exercise to discover who received the Holy Ghost Baptism with Empowerment on the Day of Pentecost.

2. Many claims have been made today regarding this subject. Besides the 12-apostles, 1) the 120 disciples, 2) the multitude, 3) the 3000 baptized, and 4) many in some denominations today have received the Holy Ghost baptism with empowerment: quite a list, and it is growing.

3. However, we propose that only the 12-apostles were baptized and empowered by the Holy Spirit of promise. We will permit an exercise in Greek Parsing to settle the matter. The exercise will use Luke’s Chronological Narrative of the events on Pentecost as our scriptures of discovery. Let’s begin by defining the term “Greek Parsing.”

BODY OF LESSON

I. THE ART OF GREEK PARSING

A. Definition of Greek Parsing. Greek Parsing means to divide (a sentence) into grammatical parts and identify the parts and their relationship to each other. In this case, they are examining a word or phrase in a sentence from Greek to connect its adjective or verb to its proper definite article, noun, or pronoun that agrees within the text by (case, number, and gender). We will allow the case, number, and gender of a word or phrase in a sentence to define their relationship in the text.

B. A review of Greek Parsing. We will now review several sentences in light of Greek Parsing to settle these claims taught by other religious leaders. I know some will still disagree with Luke's chronological narrative and our summary of the events on Pentecost. However, we will see and know the truth. Observe,

1. Our hypothesis or aim remains the same: "Only the 12 apostles received "power and the baptism of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost." This truth has been substantiated by Luke’s chronological narrative of Acts 2:1-14. We will now confirm it again through the art of Greek Parsing. Before beginning the exercise with some,

2. Preparatory work. Below, we have listed several passages where we will review words and phrases from Acts 2:1-4. The word or phrase can help validate the definite articles, adjectives, nouns, or pronouns that make up our discovery sentences in the Greek text. These words and phrases will be correlated with our discovery text in our Greek Parsing exercise. They are,

a. The phrase “they were” in Acts 2:1 is a Verb—Imperfect (no voice stated), combined with a pronoun, Indicative—3rd Person Plural (in case, number, and gender). These phrases' case, number, and gender will become valuable as we analyze the "who" or the "subject" in this and other sentences in the Bible.

b. The phrase “they were” in Acts 2:2 is also a Verb – Imperfect (No voice stated), combined with a pronoun, Indicative – 3rd Person Plural (in case, number, and gender).

c. The phrase “unto them,” in Acts 2:3a, is a Personal/Possessive Pronoun – Dative Plural Masculine (in case, number, and gender). This is a little “dry,” but this review is necessary.

d. The phrase “of them,” in Acts 2:3b, is a Personal/Possessive Pronoun – Genitive Plural Masculine (in case, number, and gender).

e. The phrase “they were,” in Acts 2:4a, is also a verb – Aorist Passive Indicative – 3rd Person Plural (in case, number, and gender).

f. The word “them,” in Acts 2:4b, is a Personal/Possessive Pronoun – Dative Plural Masculine (in case, number, and gender).

NOTE: Time does not permit us to define all these parts of speech, such as case, number, and gender, for each phrase and word in our preparatory work. I listed the references to obtain the site for this work below and in the Reference Section. You would benefit greatly from studying these terms later on your own. I will leave it to you to discover. However, for now, let's consider three sentences that bear examination in our exercise as we move to a conclusion.

3. You must open The BlueLetterBible’s Interlinear before you begin this exercise. Use the link below to open the BLB’s Interlinear.

NOTE: Copy and Paste this link into your browser: https://www.blueletterbible.org/. Once opened, type into the search Window Acts 2. Click on the search Arrow to begin. Then, scroll down to verse one. Select and click on Act 2:1 to open the BLB’s Interlinear (the blue tab at the top left of the page). You must do this to review every verse mentioned in the exercise. Spend some time reviewing the application and other tabs.

NOTE: In the Interlinear View, you have these headings.

Textus Receptus: It provides the Greek text listed below the heading (this is the default page).

Highlighted headings. English [KJV] [?]; Strong’s; Inflection, Root & Transliteration; and Parsing [?].

Put your mouse (Arrow or Hand) on: “And,” then G2532, then “kai,” and “CONJ.” Select other words and review them in the same manner. [A link or “pop-up screen” will appear; review it.]