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Word study greek legal

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Word Study — Greek legal vocabulary of the New Testament ἐξουσία ( exousia ) — authority, jurisdiction, right to act. The root idea is a sanctioned, recognized right: not raw power, but legitimate standing to exercise power. Used of Pilate’s jurisdiction over Jesus’ case (John 19:10–11), a ruler’s domain (Luke 4:6), and claims of universal jurisdiction elsewhere in the Gospels. δύναμις ( dynamis ) — power, capability, might. This is raw ability. English dynamite was named from this word. It is often paired with ἐξουσία but does not mean the same thing: δύναμις is can ; ἐξουσία is may . Casting out demons is often δύναμις. The right to forgive sins (Matthew 9:6) is ἐξουσία. Both appear in the same events because capability and legal right work together. κρίσις ( krisis ) — judgment, verdict, the act of deciding. English crisis comes from this word: a turning point where a decision falls. Used of final judgment (John 5:24, 29) and of judgment as a process. κρίμα ( krima ) —...
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Matthew chapter 28

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Previous  ·  Home  ·  Next The resurrection 1 After the Sabbath, as it began to dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb. 2 And there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat on it. 3 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow. 4 For fear of him the guards shook and became like dead men. 5 But the angel answered and said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. 6 He is not here, for he has been raised, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. 7 And go quickly, tell his disciples that he has been raised from the dead, and he is going before you into Galilee; there you will see him. See, I have told you.” 8 And they departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to bring word to his disciples. 9 And as...
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About this version

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About this version This New Testament is the fruit of daily reading. My name is Wilfredo Aguilar. For years I have read the New Testament every day, the same books again and again, until the words sit in the ear and not only on the page. That kind of reading raises questions the text itself will not let go: what the Greek actually says, why a word was chosen, what a custom meant in the first century, and how to say it in the language people speak now. For more than six years I have used Logos Bible Software as a workshop: Textus Receptus, lexicons, histories of the words, and the old English line beside the Greek. This version was born in that workshop, and then with the newer tools now available for drafting and checking. The tools do not replace the reading. They help a long project move. Every chapter is still weighed against the Greek of the Textus Receptus, the same textual tradition behind the King James Version. The aim is simple: stay close to the Greek speak modern ...
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he rebuke the demon and it came out of the boy

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Word study diegeiro and egeiro

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Word Study — διεγείρω ( diegeirō ) and ἐγείρω ( egeirō ) ἐγείρω ( egeirō ) — the base verb, "to raise, to wake, to raise up." It's the workhorse resurrection verb in the NT: used for Jesus's own rising ("he is not here, he is risen," Matthew 28:6), for the raising of the dead in general (Matthew 10:8, John 5:21), and for future bodily resurrection (1 Corinthians 15:52, "the dead will be raised"). Outside of resurrection contexts, it's also just the ordinary word for standing someone up or waking them from sleep — the semantic range covers both from the start. διεγείρω ( diegeirō ) — an intensified compound of ἐγείρω, formed with the prefix διά ("through, thoroughly"). The prefix sharpens the sense toward a full, decisive rousing rather than a partial stirring — "to wake completely," "to arouse fully." It's used of Jesus waking from sleep in the storm (Mark 4:39, Luke 8:24) and of Joseph's waking here ...
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Word study erusin and nisuin

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Word Study — אירוסין ( erusin ) and נישואין ( nisu'in ) Jewish marriage in the Second Temple period happened in two distinct legal stages, not one ceremony. Matthew, writing in Greek, has his own vocabulary for marking these stages — worth laying alongside the Hebrew terms. Erusin (אירוסין) — "betrothal/engagement." Despite the English word "engagement," this stage was already a full legal marriage in terms of obligation. It was usually formed by money or a written contract; intercourse could also create the bond, but was not the expected first step. Once erusin was formed: The woman was legally the man's wife — Scripture and rabbinic law call her his ishah (wife), not merely his intended. Breaking it required a formal divorce ( get ), not just a change of mind. Unfaithfulness during this period was treated legally as adultery, not merely as breach of promise — which is exactly why Joseph's option in v.19 is framed as divorce , not ...
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he became poor

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