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May 16, 2016 | bill-mounce
Is the Bible an Ancient Book? - Mondays with Mounce 289
This is one of the more interesting questions that is answered in each translation’s “Philosophy of Translation.” For example, the NLT reads...
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May 9, 2016 | bill-mounce
When Verse References Get in the Way (Luke 24:33–34) - Mondays with Mounce 288
When the two disciples who met Jesus on the road to Emmaus returned to Jerusalem, the Eleven and the other disciples told the two that Jesus...
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April 25, 2016 | bill-mounce
Lots of Noise in Heaven (δεῖ; Luke 15:32) - Mondays with Mounce 287
I was reading Luke 15 this morning and concluded that heaven is a “happening place.” Celebration. Shouting. Rejoicing. Luke 15 is the primar...
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April 4, 2016 | bill-mounce
Was Apollos Lazy? (1 Cor 16:12) - Mondays with Mounce 285
The Corinthian church is well-known for its factions. Among others, some identified themselves with Apollos and others with Paul (1 Cor 1:12...
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March 21, 2016 | bill-mounce
Mounce Archive 27 - The Semi-Colon
Bill Mounce is traveling this month and is taking a break from his weekly column on biblical Greek until April. Meanwhile, we’ve hand-picked...
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March 14, 2016 | bill-mounce
Mounce Archive 26 - The "Law" of Faith
Bill Mounce is traveling this month and is taking a break from his weekly column on biblical Greek until April. Meanwhile, we’ve hand-picked...
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March 7, 2016 | bill-mounce
Mounce Archive 25 - Punctuating Greek
Bill Mounce is traveling this month and is taking a break from his weekly column on biblical Greek until April. Meanwhile, we’ve hand-picked...
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February 29, 2016 | bill-mounce
Mounce Archive 24 - God and Jesus
Bill Mounce is traveling this month and is taking a break from his weekly column on biblical Greek until April. Meanwhile, we’ve hand-picked...
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February 22, 2016 | bill-mounce
Mounce Archive 23 - Missing Verses
Bill Mounce is traveling this month and is taking a break from his weekly column on biblical Greek until April. Meanwhile, we’ve hand-picked...
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February 8, 2016 | bill-mounce
Is Paul’s apostolic call for God’s sake? (Rom 1:5) - Mondays with Mounce 283
One of the difficult tasks in translation is how to order phrases. In English, we use proximity to connect ideas. Consider the NIV on Rom 1:...
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February 1, 2016 | bill-mounce
Common Sense to the Rescue (James 3:7) - Mondays with Mounce 282
I came across an interesting Greek conundrum in small group tonight. James is talking about the tongue and its power to destroy. He writes, ...
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January 25, 2016 | bill-mounce
When is an Adjective not an Adjective? - Mondays with Mounce 281
Wouldn’t it be nice if grammar rules were absolute? What if nouns were always nouns, adjectives were always adjectives and nothing else, and...
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January 18, 2016 | bill-mounce
Are the inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah currently being punished? (Jude 7) - Mondays with Mounce 280
I was asked the other day about the present tense of “undergoing” in Jude 7. “What is the likelihood that Jude believes the inhabitants of S...
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January 8, 2016 | ZA Blog
There's Still Time to Take a New Online Class from Bill Mounce
Here's a unique opportunity to learn second-year Greek with Bill Mounce. Act fast, because his online courses start January 11, 2016! -Zonde...
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December 21, 2015 | bill-mounce
Can the Future mean “Should” (Malachi 2:6) - Mondays with Mounce 278
Malachi 2 contains a serious warning to the priests, and I would apply the warning to preachers today. The priests refused to honor God’s na...
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December 14, 2015 | bill-mounce
What’s a Magi and are they “Wise” (Matt 2:1) - Mondays with Mounce 277
We were singing Christmas hymns in church yesterday and I was reminded about words that are either unknown or misleading. The lyrics to “It ...
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