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Seeing the World as a Slave of Christ

Revelation 1:11

Revelation 1:11

λεγούσης· Ὃ βλέπεις γράψον εἰς βιβλίον καὶ πέμψον ταῖς ἑπτὰ ἐκκλησίαις, εἰς Ἔφεσον καὶ εἰς Σμύρναν καὶ εἰς Πέργαμον καὶ εἰς Θυάτειρα καὶ εἰς Σάρδεις καὶ εἰς Φιλαδέλφειαν καὶ εἰς Λαοδίκειαν

Saying, “Write what you see in a scroll and send it to the seven churches, in Ephesus and in Smyrna and in Pergamum and in Thyatira and in Sardis and in Philadelphia and in Laodicea.

Parsing

TermTenseVoiceMoodPerson/ CaseGender/ NumberLexical Form
λεγούσηςPresActPartGenFem/Singλέγω
βλέπειςPresActInd2ndSingβλέπω
γράψονAorActImp2ndSingγραφω
πέμψονAorActImp2ndSingπεμπω

Lexical and Syntactic Notes

  • “The participle functions as the complement in an object-complement double case construction with φωνὴν μεγάλην in verse 10 serving as the object. (Matthewson, 10)

Genitive part. Due to case of “trumpet” (Matthewson, 10) Attraction