# BBG Chapter 28 — Spot the Aorist Participle

Basics of Biblical Greek Grammar, Mounce, 4th Edition

Instructions: For each item, (1) parse the bolded form (tense / voice / case / number / gender / lexical form), (2) identify 1st or 2nd aorist, (3) identify the use (adverbial, adjectival, or substantival), and (4) translate.

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

# | Greek Text | Tense | Voice | Case | Num | Gen | Lexical | 1st/2nd | Use | Translation |
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1 | λύσας τοὺς δούλους εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Aorist · Active · Nominative · Singular · Masculine · λύω · 1st · Adverbial (temporal) · "After loosing the slaves, he entered into the house." |
2 | ἀκούσας δὲ ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐταράχθη. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Aorist · Active · Nominative · Singular · Masculine · ἀκούω · 1st · Adverbial (temporal) · "But the king, having heard, was troubled." |
3 | πιστεύσαντες εἰς τὸν κύριον ἐβαπτίσθησαν. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Aorist · Active · Nominative · Plural · Masculine · πιστεύω · 1st · Adverbial (temporal) · "Having believed in the Lord, they were baptized." |
4 | προσκαλεσάμενος τοὺς μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Aorist · Middle · Nominative · Singular · Masculine · προσκαλέομαι · 1st · Adverbial (temporal) · "Having summoned his disciples, he said to them:" |
5 | ἐλθὼν πρὸς αὐτὸν ὁ ἑκατόνταρχος παρεκάλει αὐτόν. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Aorist · Active · Nominative · Singular · Masculine · ἔρχομαι · 2nd · Adverbial (temporal) · "Coming to him, the centurion was appealing to him." |
6 | λαβὼν τοὺς πέντε ἄρτους εὐλόγησεν. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Aorist · Active · Nominative · Singular · Masculine · λαμβάνω · 2nd · Adverbial (temporal) · "Taking the five loaves, he blessed [them]." |
7 | ἰδὼν δὲ τοὺς ὄχλους ἀνέβη εἰς τὸ ὄρος. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Aorist · Active · Nominative · Singular · Masculine · ὁράω · 2nd · Adverbial (temporal) · "But seeing the crowds, he went up the mountain." |
8 | ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ ὁ Πέτρος εἶπεν αὐτῷ· |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Aorist · Passive · Nominative · Singular · Masculine · ἀποκρίνομαι · 1st · Adverbial (temporal/manner) · "And Peter, answering, said to him:" |
9 | βαπτισθεὶς δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς εὐθὺς ἀνέβη ἀπὸ τοῦ ὕδατος. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Aorist · Passive · Nominative · Singular · Masculine · βαπτίζω · 1st · Adverbial (temporal) · "And Jesus, having been baptized, immediately came up from the water." |

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

# | Greek Text | Tense | Voice | Case | Num | Gen | Lexical | 1st/2nd | Use | Translation |
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10 | εἶπεν τοῖς μαθηταῖς τοῖς πιστεύσασιν εἰς αὐτόν· |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Aorist · Active · Dative · Plural · Masculine · πιστεύω · 1st · Adjectival (attributive) · "He said to the disciples who had believed in him:" |
11 | ὁ λόγος ὁ σπαρείς — τοῦτό ἐστιν ὁ λόγος. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Aorist · Passive · Nominative · Singular · Masculine · σπείρω · 1st · Adjectival (attributive, 2nd pos.) · "The word that was sown — this is the word." (cf. Mark 4:15) |
12 | ἐκεῖ εἶδεν ἄνδρα τὸν ἐλθόντα ἐκ Ἰουδαίας. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Aorist · Active · Accusative · Singular · Masculine · ἔρχομαι · 2nd · Adjectival (attributive) · "There he saw a man, the one who had come from Judea." |

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

# | Greek Text | Tense | Voice | Case | Num | Gen | Lexical | 1st/2nd | Use | Translation |
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13 | μακάριοι οἱ πιστεύσαντες καὶ μὴ ἰδόντες. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Aorist · Active · Nominative · Plural · Masculine · πιστεύω · 1st · Substantival · "Blessed are those who have believed and have not seen." (cf. John 20:29) |
14 | ἐδόθη τοῖς βαπτισθεῖσιν χαρά. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Aorist · Passive · Dative · Plural · Masculine · βαπτίζω · 1st · Substantival · "Joy was given to those who had been baptized." |
15 | πάντες οἱ λαβόντες τὴν ἐξουσίαν ἐχάρησαν. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Aorist · Active · Nominative · Plural · Masculine · λαμβάνω · 2nd · Substantival · "All those who had taken the authority rejoiced." |