Greek to me

I find it hard to believe that just three plus months ago, I couldn't have told you the difference between a greek verb and a greek noun, let alone declension, case, gender, or number. But as of last night, I made it through my NT Greek final exam. And it wasn't nearly as bad as I thought.

It turned out to be shorter than I thought it would be (no complaints there). Just a pericope out of John 15, verses 8 through 15. If this blog allowed for the font, I'd reprint the passage in greek, but alas, it doesn't. Needless to say, it was a good challenge. And it reminded me how good God is. I'm looking forward to using what I know, and learning more, as eventually take Greek Exegesis at some point. One thing I will say is that studying the New Testament in its original language has reminded me of the power of the words that I experienced the first time I opened a Bible to read for myself. Wow, is all I can say.

But I also want to share some thanks. First, thanks to my wife and kids for being so understanding when I had to study. I also want to thank my instructor, Lois Wilson, whose gentle spirit made learning Greek almost easy. Then I have to thank Debbie Watson, whom I was desperately hoping I would be studying Greek under, but alas and alack, didn't - Debbie was still incredibly encouraging for me. And I want to thank my students for putting up with me bringing in little nuggets of Greek into our weekly bible studies here and there.

Now I can honestly say, "it's Greek to me" and mean it.