First Greek Devotion

John 1:1 Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος, καὶ ὁ λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν θεόν, καὶ θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος. 2  οὗτος ἦν ἐν ἀρχῇ πρὸς τὸν θεόν. 3  πάντα δι᾽ αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο, καὶ χωρὶς αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο οὐδὲ ἕν. ὃ γέγονεν 4  ἐν αὐτῷ ζωὴ ἦν, καὶ ἡ ζωὴ ἦν τὸ φῶς τῶν ἀνθρώπων· 5  καὶ τὸ φῶς ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ φαίνει, καὶ ἡ σκοτία αὐτὸ οὐ κατέλαβεν. (Joh 1:1-5 BGT)

We are now through nouns and well into verbs in Greek class.  We now know 72% of the words in the New Testament.  Yet, somehow it seems that every time Jeff puts a word on the board in systematic theology we have not had the word yet!  I am starting to wonder if I really know 72% or how many times "the" "and" and "if" appear in the text.


 To help with my Greek I started today with trying to do at least part of my devotions in Greek.  I am starting with the Gospel of John as it is one of the easier books to read in Greek.


The major benefit I found today is it causes you to slow down and really think about and meditate on especially familiar texts.  It also gives motivation for studying Greek!