#biblestudy #greeknewtestament
PUT A SOCK IN IT!
There's a verse in the #gospel of #mark that could well by translated by this very colloquial phrase.
Normally I don't favor OVER modernizing translations into paraphrase but in Mark 1:25 the verb used is NOT SIGAOO!
Yes its normally translated as Be silent but the #Aorist #Passive #Imperative is PHIMOW !
Jesus is literally telling the possessed man to MUZZLE HIMSELF to shut up and become restrained like an animal wearing a muzzle!
Another excellent language of how he used STRONG language without using OBSCENITIES.
Possibly the person addressed actually had a mental illness or a compulsion to disrupt synagouge services or was schizophrenic or whatever.
The point of Mark recording this story was to emphasize Jesus' power and that he used it to HEAL as Mark goes on to relate how Jesus started healing other people who were sick or possessed, who had disorders of body, mind, and soul.
And it is a very lovely example of an Aorist Passive Imperative!
Reading both the English and Greek add depth and dare I say pleasure to one's Sunday #biblestudy!
Mid week I have found some lovely examples of Greek Byzantine texts to share.
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