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The Contours of the Land in Israel's History
The Land of Palestine
The land of Palestine took its name from the Philistines (the Pelishtim in Hebrew) who settled along the Mediterranean coast from Joppa to Gaza about 1300–12...
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Is Sanctification a Process? (1 John 3:3) — Mondays with Mounce 215
I received a somewhat distressing Facebook post the other day. On the one hand, you don’t know what a person’s motivations are. I hardly kn...
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The Joys of Shortening Greek Sentences (Eph 3:17) — Mondays with Mounce 214
As we know, Greek sentences can go on and on and on and …. Today’s English requires the sentences to be shorter, and so periodically transl...
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When does καί not mean “and”? (Eph 1:1) — Mondays with Mounce 213
One of the problems of memorizing word glosses in first year Greek is that it is possible to miss the richness of a word’s meaning, especia...
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Why do they change my favorite verses? (Ps 1:1) — Mondays with Mounce 212
I was looking through the LXX of Psalm 1, mulling over the NIV translation. V 1 reads, “Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with t...
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Where did the verse go? (Rom 8:2) — Mondays with Mounce 211
In class the other day a student commented that the NIV had dropped out half a verse. My immediate reaction was to assume the student was co...
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Why Do Translations Use Antiquated Terms Like "Gospel"?
Someone just sent me the following.
I'm particularly interested in communicating Scripture in terms that the average person on the stre...
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“I have the right to do anything” ( 1 Cor 6:12) Really? — Mondays with Mounce 210
Does Paul really believe that “I have the right to do anything” ( 1 Cor 6:12)? Really? Anything?
Of course not. Paul does not have the righ...
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Did a Soldier Want to "Please the One Who Enlisted Him”? (2 Tim 2:4) — Mondays with Mounce 209
I was asked a question at SBL by a person whose son is in the military. He said that his son, and many of his military buddies, objected to...
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Where did those missing words go? (Matt 21:30) — Mondays with Mounce 208
Having a great time at ETS/SBL in Baltimore. Always fun to see friends and make new ones. Talking with a guy at Accordance, and he had a go...
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How can the Imperfect be Instantaneous? — Mondays with Mounce 207
Are you familiar with the grammatical category called the “instantaneous imperfect”? To any first year Greek student, this sounds like a co...
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Does “open its/his mouth” mean anything? (Matthew 5:2) — Mondays with Mounce 206
Matthew 5:2 says that Jesus “opened his mouth and taught them, saying” (καὶ ἀνοίξας τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ ἐδίδασκεν αὐτοὺς λέγων). If you were in ...
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Am I “Lord” of my Wife? (1 Peter 3:6) — Mondays with Mounce 205
In this day and age, this is obviously a controversial verse, but it is chock full of interesting Greek tidbits, not the least of which is ...
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Is It Permissible to Remove an Emphasis? (2 Thess 2:8) Mondays with Mounce 204
My pastor preaches out of the NIV 1984, and I tend to follow along in the 2011. Every once in a while I come across a significant change, a...
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“Real” Jews Revisited in Romans 2:28 (Mondays with Mounce 203)
I saw some fascinating translation techniques used with Romans 2:28 and wanted to share them with you. In the process, I realized I had blo...
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Who does the commending in Romans 13:3? Politicians Or Other people? (Mondays with Mounce 202)
I heard my nephew preach this morning on Romans 13. It was fun watching him work to make the main point and not let politics deter people’s...
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To “Know” God in John 10:14-15 (Monday with Mounce 201)
If ever there were a word that cried out for a word study, it is “to know.” Jesus says, “I am the good shepherd. I know (γινώσκω) my own an...
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