# "Spot the Aorist Participle" — Parsing Exercise

*BBG Chapter 28 · First and Second Aorist Participles (Active and Passive)*

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## Instructions

For each item below:
1. Parse the **bolded/underlined** form: give tense, voice, case, number, gender, lexical form.
2. Identify whether it is a **1st aorist** or **2nd aorist**.
3. Identify the **use**: adverbial, adjectival, or substantival.
4. **Translate** the phrase or sentence.

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## Part A — Adverbial Aorist Participles (Items 1–9)

**1.** **λύσας** τοὺς δούλους εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν.

Parse: __________ / __________ / __________ / __________ / __________ / __________
1st or 2nd aorist: __________   Use: __________
Translation: __________________________________________________________

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**2.** **ἀκούσας** δὲ ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐταράχθη.

Parse: __________ / __________ / __________ / __________ / __________ / __________
1st or 2nd: __________   Use: __________
Translation: __________________________________________________________

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**3.** **πιστεύσαντες** εἰς τὸν κύριον ἐβαπτίσθησαν.

Parse: __________ / __________ / __________ / __________ / __________ / __________
1st or 2nd: __________   Use: __________
Translation: __________________________________________________________

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**4.** **προσκαλεσάμενος** τοὺς μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς·

Parse: __________ / __________ / __________ / __________ / __________ / __________
1st or 2nd: __________   Use: __________
Translation: __________________________________________________________

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**5.** **ἐλθὼν** πρὸς αὐτὸν ὁ ἑκατόνταρχος παρεκάλει αὐτόν.

Parse: __________ / __________ / __________ / __________ / __________ / __________
1st or 2nd: __________   Use: __________
Translation: __________________________________________________________

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**6.** **λαβὼν** τοὺς πέντε ἄρτους εὐλόγησεν.

Parse: __________ / __________ / __________ / __________ / __________ / __________
1st or 2nd: __________   Use: __________
Translation: __________________________________________________________

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**7.** **ἰδὼν** δὲ τοὺς ὄχλους ἀνέβη εἰς τὸ ὄρος.

Parse: __________ / __________ / __________ / __________ / __________ / __________
1st or 2nd: __________   Use: __________
Translation: __________________________________________________________

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**8.** **ἀποκριθεὶς** δὲ ὁ Πέτρος εἶπεν αὐτῷ·

Parse: __________ / __________ / __________ / __________ / __________ / __________
1st or 2nd: __________   Use: __________
Translation: __________________________________________________________

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**9.** **βαπτισθεὶς** δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς εὐθὺς ἀνέβη ἀπὸ τοῦ ὕδατος.

Parse: __________ / __________ / __________ / __________ / __________ / __________
1st or 2nd: __________   Use: __________
Translation: __________________________________________________________

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## Part B — Adjectival Aorist Participles (Items 10–12)

**10.** εἶπεν τοῖς μαθηταῖς τοῖς **πιστεύσασιν** εἰς αὐτόν·

Parse: __________ / __________ / __________ / __________ / __________ / __________
1st or 2nd: __________   Use: __________
Translation: __________________________________________________________

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**11.** ὁ λόγος ὁ **σπαρείς** — τοῦτό ἐστιν ὁ λόγος.

Parse: __________ / __________ / __________ / __________ / __________ / __________
1st or 2nd: __________   Use: __________
Translation: __________________________________________________________

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**12.** ἐκεῖ εἶδεν ἄνδρα τὸν **ἐλθόντα** ἐκ Ἰουδαίας.

Parse: __________ / __________ / __________ / __________ / __________ / __________
1st or 2nd: __________   Use: __________
Translation: __________________________________________________________

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## Part C — Substantival Aorist Participles (Items 13–15)

**13.** μακάριοι οἱ **πιστεύσαντες** καὶ μὴ ἰδόντες.

Parse (πιστεύσαντες): __________ / __________ / __________ / __________ / __________ / __________
1st or 2nd: __________   Use: __________
Translation: __________________________________________________________

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**14.** ἐδόθη τοῖς **βαπτισθεῖσιν** χαρά.

Parse: __________ / __________ / __________ / __________ / __________ / __________
1st or 2nd: __________   Use: __________
Translation: __________________________________________________________

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**15.** πάντες οἱ **λαβόντες** τὴν ἐξουσίαν ἐχάρησαν.

Parse: __________ / __________ / __________ / __________ / __________ / __________
1st or 2nd: __________   Use: __________
Translation: __________________________________________________________

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## Answer Key

| # | Tense | Voice | Case | Number | Gender | Lexical Form | 1st/2nd | Use | Translation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aorist | Active | Nominative | Singular | Masculine | λύω | 1st | Adverbial (temporal) | "After loosing the slaves, he entered into the house." |
| 2 | Aorist | Active | Nominative | Singular | Masculine | ἀκούω | 1st | Adverbial (temporal) | "But the king, having heard, was troubled." |
| 3 | Aorist | Active | Nominative | Plural | Masculine | πιστεύω | 1st | Adverbial (temporal) | "Having believed in the Lord, they were baptized." |
| 4 | Aorist | Middle | Nominative | Singular | Masculine | προσκαλέομαι | 1st | Adverbial (temporal) | "Having summoned his disciples, he said to them:" |
| 5 | Aorist | Active | Nominative | Singular | Masculine | ἔρχομαι | 2nd | Adverbial (temporal) | "Coming to him, the centurion was appealing to him." |
| 6 | Aorist | Active | Nominative | Singular | Masculine | λαμβάνω | 2nd | Adverbial (temporal) | "Taking the five loaves, he blessed [them]." |
| 7 | Aorist | Active | Nominative | Singular | Masculine | ὁράω | 2nd | Adverbial (temporal) | "But seeing the crowds, he went up the mountain." |
| 8 | Aorist | Passive | Nominative | Singular | Masculine | ἀποκρίνομαι | 1st | Adverbial (temporal/manner) | "And Peter, answering, said to him:" |
| 9 | Aorist | Passive | Nominative | Singular | Masculine | βαπτίζω | 1st | Adverbial (temporal) | "And Jesus, having been baptized, immediately came up from the water." |
| 10 | Aorist | Active | Dative | Plural | Masculine | πιστεύω | 1st | Adjectival (attributive) | "He said to the disciples who had believed in him:" |
| 11 | Aorist | Passive | Nominative | Singular | Masculine | σπείρω | 1st | Adjectival (attributive) | "The word that was sown — this is the word." |
| 12 | Aorist | Active | Accusative | Singular | Masculine | ἔρχομαι | 2nd | Adjectival (attributive) | "There he saw a man, the one who had come from Judea." |
| 13 | Aorist | Active | Nominative | Plural | Masculine | πιστεύω | 1st | Substantival | "Blessed are those who have believed and have not seen." |
| 14 | Aorist | Passive | Dative | Plural | Masculine | βαπτίζω | 1st | Substantival | "Joy was given to those who had been baptized." |
| 15 | Aorist | Active | Nominative | Plural | Masculine | λαμβάνω | 2nd | Substantival | "All those who had taken the authority rejoiced." |
