** Please note: You can find more examples of (more complex) sentence highlighting here. Look for the "highlighting solution" handouts in the list.

Week 10

ΕΞΕΤΑΖΕΙΝ

• Review your vocabulary from last term (30+ times in the New Testament)
• Review any syntax or morphology that you find difficult (No new morphology review).

ΑΝΑΓΙΝΩΣΚΕΙΝ

• Read Dunn's commentary on Colossians 4:1-9

ΜΕΘΕΡΜΗΝΕΥΕΙΝ ΚΑΙ ΔΙΕΡΜΗΝΕΥΕΙΝ

• Diagram the following features of Col 4:1-9 (See the "Sentence Highlighting" guidelines now posted in the class sub-menu above):
  • Highlight all of the verbs in yellow and draw a red arrow from each participle or infinitive to the verb or nominal that it modifies.
  • Highlight all of the subjects in blue and draw a black or blue arrow from each subject to the verb that it modifies.
  • Highlight all of the direct objects in orange and draw a black or blue arrow from each one to the verb of which it is the object.
  • Highlight all of the dative phrases and adverbs in purple and draw a black or blue arrow from each one to the verb (or verbal noun) it modifies.
  • Highlight all of the prepositional phrases in green and draw a black or blue arrow from each one to the verb (or verbal noun) it modifies.
  • Highlight all of the genitive phrases in grey and draw a black or blue arrow from each one to the nominal it modifies.
  • Place square brackets around every clause. Remember that each clause centres around one verb (whether a finite verb, participle, infinitive, or the implied εἰμί of a verbless clause). Remember, too, that subordinate clauses can be nested within main clauses.
• Translate Colossians 4:1-9
• Provide one paragraph describing the main effect you think the passage is designed to have on its Colossian audience. (remember to relate the passage to Paul's argument as a whole as it has developed so far).

ΑΣΚΕΙΝ

• Work through this week's online drill at least once.

Week 9

Reading Week: No Class or Assignment

Week 8

ΕΞΕΤΑΖΕΙΝ

• Review your vocabulary from last term (30+ times in the New Testament)
• Review Black's sections on pronouns, as well as the various forms of εἰμι.

ΑΝΑΓΙΝΩΣΚΕΙΝ

• Read Dunn's commentary on Colossians 3:18-25

ΜΕΘΕΡΜΗΝΕΥΕΙΝ ΚΑΙ ΔΙΕΡΜΗΝΕΥΕΙΝ

• Diagram the following features of Col 3:18-25 (See the "Sentence Highlighting" guidelines now posted in the class sub-menu above):
  • Highlight all of the verbs in yellow and draw a red arrow from each participle or infinitive to the verb or nominal that it modifies.
  • Highlight all of the subjects in blue and draw a black or blue arrow from each subject to the verb that it modifies.
  • Highlight all of the direct objects in orange and draw a black or blue arrow from each one to the verb of which it is the object.
  • Highlight all of the dative phrases and adverbs in purple and draw a black or blue arrow from each one to the verb (or verbal noun) it modifies.
  • Highlight all of the prepositional phrases in green and draw a black or blue arrow from each one to the verb (or verbal noun) it modifies.
  • Place square brackets around every clause. Remember that each clause centres around one verb (whether a finite verb, participle, infinitive, or the implied εἰμί of a verbless clause). Remember, too, that subordinate clauses can be nested within main clauses.
• Translate Colossians 3:18-25
• Provide one paragraph describing the main effect you think the passage is designed to have on its Colossian audience. (remember to relate the passage to Paul's argument as a whole as it has developed so far).

ΑΣΚΕΙΝ

• Work through this week's online drill at least once.

Week 7

ΕΞΕΤΑΖΕΙΝ

• Review your vocabulary from last term (30+ times in the New Testament)
• Review Black's sections on imperatives, as well as the morphology of aorist active imperative verbs.

ΑΝΑΓΙΝΩΣΚΕΙΝ

• Read Dunn's commentary on Colossians 3:8-17

ΜΕΘΕΡΜΗΝΕΥΕΙΝ ΚΑΙ ΔΙΕΡΜΗΝΕΥΕΙΝ

• Diagram the following features of Col 3:8-17 (See the "Sentence Highlighting" guidelines now posted in the class sub-menu above):
  • Highlight all of the verbs in yellow and draw a red arrow from each participle or infinitive to the verb or nominal that it modifies.
  • Highlight all of the subjects in blue and draw a black or blue arrow from each subject to the verb that it modifies.
  • Highlight all of the direct objects in orange and draw a black or blue arrow from each one to the verb of which it is the object.
  • Highlight all of the dative phrases and adverbs in purple and draw a black or blue arrow from each one to the verb (or verbal noun) it modifies.
  • Place square brackets around every clause. Remember that each clause centres around one verb (whether a finite verb, participle, infinitive, or the implied εἰμί of a verbless clause). Remember, too, that subordinate clauses can be nested within main clauses.
• Translate Colossians 3:8-17
• Provide one paragraph describing the main effect you think the passage is designed to have on its Colossian audience. (remember to relate the passage to Paul's argument as a whole as it has developed so far).

ΑΣΚΕΙΝ

• Work through this week's online drill at least once.

Week 6

ΕΞΕΤΑΖΕΙΝ

• Review your vocabulary from last term (30+ times in the New Testament)
• Review Black's sections on imperatives, as well as the morphology of aorist active imperative verbs.

ΑΝΑΓΙΝΩΣΚΕΙΝ

• Read Dunn's commentary on Colossians 3:1-7

ΜΕΘΕΡΜΗΝΕΥΕΙΝ ΚΑΙ ΔΙΕΡΜΗΝΕΥΕΙΝ

• Diagram the following features of Col 3:1-7 (See the "Sentence Highlighting" guidelines now posted in the class sub-menu above):
  • Highlight all of the verbs in yellow and draw a red arrow from each participle or infinitive to the verb or nominal that it modifies.
  • Highlight all of the subjects in blue and draw a black or blue arrow from each subject to the verb that it modifies.
  • Highlight all of the direct objects in orange and draw a black or blue arrow from each one to the verb of which it is the object.
  • Place square brackets around every clause. Remember that each clause centres around one verb (whether a finite verb, participle, infinitive, or the implied εἰμί of a verbless clause). Remember, too, that subordinate clauses can be nested within main clauses.
• Translate Colossians 3:1-7
• Provide one paragraph describing the main effect you think the passage is designed to have on its Colossian audience. (remember to relate the passage to Paul's argument as a whole as it has developed so far).

ΑΣΚΕΙΝ

• Work through this week's online drill at least once.

Week 5

ΕΞΕΤΑΖΕΙΝ

• Review your vocabulary from last term (30+ times in the New Testament)
• Review Black's sections on imperatives, as well as the morphology of aorist active imperative verbs.

ΑΝΑΓΙΝΩΣΚΕΙΝ

• Read Dunn's commentary on Colossians 2:11-23

ΜΕΘΕΡΜΗΝΕΥΕΙΝ ΚΑΙ ΔΙΕΡΜΗΝΕΥΕΙΝ

• Diagram the following features of Col 2:11-23:
  • Highlight all of the verbs in yellow and draw a red arrow from each participle or infinitive to the verb or nominal that it modifies.
  • Place square brackets around every clause. Remember that each clause centres around one verb (whether a finite verb, participle, infinitive, or the implied εἰμί of a verbless clause). Remember, too, that subordinate clauses can be nested within main clauses.
• Translate Colossians 2:11-23
• Provide footnotes to your translation answering the following questions:
  • What is the sense of ἐν in the phrase ἐν τῇ ἀπεκδύσει in 2:11?
  • What kind of genitive is τοῦ σώματος in 2:11?
  • What kind of genitive is τῆς σαρκός in 2:11?
  • What kind of participle is συνταφέντες in 2:12?
  • What kind of participle is ὄντας in 2:5?
  • What is the sense of ἐν in 2:15?
  • What is the force of the imperative κρινέτω in 2:16?
• Provide one paragraph describing the main effect you think the passage is designed to have on its Colossian audience. (remember to relate the passage to Paul's argument as a whole as it has developed so far).

ΑΣΚΕΙΝ

• Work through this week's online drill (Week 5 practice) at least once.

Week 4

ΕΞΕΤΑΖΕΙΝ

• Review your vocabulary from last term (30+ times in the New Testament)
• Review Black's sections on imperatives, as well as the morphology of present imperative verbs.

ΑΝΑΓΙΝΩΣΚΕΙΝ

• Read Dunn's commentary on Colossians 2:1-10

ΜΕΘΕΡΜΗΝΕΥΕΙΝ ΚΑΙ ΔΙΕΡΜΗΝΕΥΕΙΝ

• Highlight all of the verbs in Col 2:1-10 yellow and draw a red arrow from each participle or infinitive to the verb or nominal that it modifies.
• Translate Colossians 2:1-10
• Provide footnotes to your translation answering the following questions:
  • What kind of infinitive is εἰδέναι in 2:1?
  • What nominal (noun, pronoun, substantive adjective, etc.) is introduced by τῶν in 2:1?
  • What kind of genitive is τοῦ μυστηρίου in 2:2?
  • What kind of genitive is Χριστοῦ in 2:2?
  • What kind of dative is τῇ σαρκί in 2:5?
  • What nominal is modified by the first ὑμῶν in 2:5?
  • What verb (or verbal noun) is modified by εἰς Χριστόν in 2:5?
  • What kind of genitive is πάσης ἀρχῆς in 2:10?
• Provide one paragraph describing the main effect you think the passage is designed to have on its Colossian audience. (remember to relate the passage to Paul's argument as a whole as it has developed so far).

ΑΣΚΕΙΝ

• Work through this week's online drill (Week 4 practice) at least once.
• Please note: I *strongly* suggest that you work through the online practice several times over the week. This will increase your learning a great deal! Remember that you won't be penalized for doing poorly sometimes, but rather rewarded in your final mark for your improvement over the term. So there's nothing to lose and everything to gain!

Week 3

• Review your vocabulary from last term (30+ times in the New Testament)
• Highlight all of the verbs in Col 1:21-29 yellow and draw a red arrow from each participle or infinitive to the verb or nominal that it modifies.
• Read Dunn's commentary on Colossians 1:21-29
• Translate Colossians 1:21-29
• Provide footnotes to your translation answering the following questions:
  • What kind of infinitive is παραστήσαι in 1:22?
  • What is the sense of εν in 1:22?
  • Why is ου in the genitive case in front of ηκούσατε in 1:23?
  • What kind of genitive is της δοξής in 1:27?
• Provide one paragraph describing the main effect you think the passage is designed to have on its Colossian audience. (remember to relate the passage to Paul's argument as a whole as it has developed so far).
• Review Black's sections on the aorist and subjunctive, as well as the morphology of aorist passive subjunctive verbs.
• Work through this week's online drill (Week 3 practice) at least once. (You may work through the drill as many times as you like.)

Week 2

• Review your vocabulary from last term (30+ times in the New Testament)
• Highlight all of the finite verbs in the text of Col 1:9-20 yellow
• Highlight all of the participles in the text of Col 1:9-20 yellow and draw a red arrow from each participle to the finite verb or nominal that it modifies.
• Read Dunn's commentary on Colossians 1:9-20
• Translate Colossians 1:9-20
• Provide footnotes to your translation answering the following questions:
  • What kind of participles are προσευχόμενοι and αἰτούμενοι in 1:9?
  • What kind of infinitive is περιπατῆσαι in 1:10?
  • What kind of participles are καρποφοροῦντες and αὐξανόμενοι in 1:10?
  • What is the antecedent of ὅς in 1:13?
  • What kind of genitive is ἄγάπης in 1:13?
  • What kind of genitive is τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν in 1:14?
  • What kind of participle is εἰρηνοποιήσας in 1:20?
• Provide one paragraph describing the main effect you think the passage is designed to have on its Colossian audience. (remember to relate the passage to Paul's argument as a whole as it has developed so far).
• Review Black's sections on the aorist and subjunctive, as well as the morphology of aorist middle subjunctive verbs.
• Work through this week's online drill (Week 2 practice) at least once. (You may work through the drill as many times as you like.)

Week 1

• Review your vocabulary from last term (30+ times in the New Testament)
• Highlight all of the finite verbs in the text of Col 1:1-8 yellow
• Highlight all of the participles in the text of Col 1:1-8 yellow and draw a red arrow from each participle to the finite verb or nominal that it modifies.
• Read Dunn's commentary on Colossians 1:1-8
• Translate Colossians 1:1-8
• Provide footnotes to your translation answering the following questions:
  • What kind of participle is προσευχόμενοι in 1:3?
  • What kind of participle is ἀκούσαντες in 1:4?
  • How is εἰς being used in 1:4
  • What kind of genitive is ἀληθείας in 1:5
• Notes:
  • Be aware that one main verb (even an implicit "to be" in a verbless clause) can govern a long string of participial clauses.
  • When faced with a participle, remember that it will usually modify the closest main verb (or agreeing nominal) *that makes sense*.
  • Note that the relative pronoun ἧς in 1:6 actually precedes its "antecedent."
  • In 1:8, remember that definite articles are often used in place of a relative or demonstrative pronoun