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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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Romans 8:13 and the Meaning of μελλω (Monday with Mounce 38)
David wrote me about the use of μελλω in Rom 8:13. The question has to do with the relationship between μελλω and the use of the future. Are...
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Is 1 Corinthians 13 Poetry? (Monday with Mounce 37)
We had an interesting experience on the ESV translation committee when we were doing 1 Cor 13. We were working really hard on the passage, p...
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Synonyms for "Blameless" (Monday with Mounce 36)
I received this question the other day:
"On several occasions (Eph. 1:4; 5:27; Col. 1:22) Paul writes about the goal of ministry bein...
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Where is the study of Biblical languages headed?
Today we feature a new video from Bill Mounce. He'll be back with a written blog next week.
-Andrew
William D. Mounce (PhD, Ab...
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Women are saved through the bearing of children (Monday with Mounce 35)
1 Tim 2:15 has been labeled as one of the truly strange verses of the Bible, and appropriately so. I know of no one who takes it “literally”...
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To Be Changed . . . μεταμορφουσθε (Monday with Mounce 34)
I have been thinking a lot lately about my personal mission statement.
In past years, I never liked mission statements. They seemed to be ...
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Introduction to the Imperfect (Monday with Mounce 33)
As you learn Greek, you will be exposed to the whole issue of aspect. At first it is a little confusing, but after a while you will get the...
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The History behind Basics of Biblical Greek (Monday with Mounce 32)
I know this is a bit off topic, but someone asked the other day about the history behind Basics of Biblical Greek and suggested that ...
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Are translations really based on the Greek and Hebrew? (Monday with Mounce 31)
I received an interesting question the other day from a Filipino brother. He had learned Greek and was starting to notice certain tendencie...
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John 15:2-3—Play on Words (Monday with Mounce 30)
I suspect that there is nothing harder to bring into English than a play on words. When that play on words branches (pun intended) in...
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John 3:13—Can ei me mean "but" (Monday with Mounce 29)
Jesus has just chastised Nicodemus for not understanding, and then he adds v 13. "No one has ascended into heaven except he who descen...
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airo in John 15:2 (Monday with Mounce 29)
I recently received this question, and I thought the answer would be helpful for those learning to determine the meaning of words.
"I ...
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1 Tim 3:2—Can an elder be divorced? (Monday with Mounce 28)
This is one of those perennial questions, and it came up again the other day so I thought I would summarize the issues. For more detail, se...
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Mark 5:7: "Swear by God" (Monday with Mounce 27)
There are certain Greek words and constructions that normally will not come over into English easily. It is always fun to watch the transla...
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apollumi, "destroy," and Annihilationism (Monday with Mounce 26)
Does apollumi mean "destroy"?
I have been receiving requests lately about words and grammar that all relate to the issue of annihi...
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Does Eph 4:29 apply to blogs? (Monday with Mounce 25)
This post is a little off topic, but I have gone through a series of events that have encouraged me to bring up this topic.
Ephesians 4:29 ...
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