Stephen Hughes wrote:You are sharing your knowledge of Greek with ordinands who will have to use the language in a specific homoletic and apologetic ways during their ministry, giving them the chance to learn chains - the "language" (lexical sets / chains) behind the language (individual words - the way vocabulary is presented for the most part in Greek) that they will be using professionally.
Oops. Nobody ever told me to teach my students professional usage of the language. Too late now. I guess they'll have to be satisfied with understanding the language of the NT better.
Stephen Hughes wrote: If you have any suggestions about which lexical chains are in (and useful for understanding) the Sermon on the Mount or the Matthean Passion Narrative,
I quickly sorted out some verbs from Matt 26:36 - 27:56. Does this help?
ἐνδύω --- ἐνέδυσαν --- Matthew 27:31
περιτίθημι --- περιέθηκαν --- Matthew 27:28
ἐκδύω --- ἐξέδυσαν --- Matthew 27:31
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ἀναβοάω --- ἀνεβόησεν --- Matthew 27:46
κράζω --- ἔκραζον --- Matthew 27:23
φωνέω --- ἐφώνησεν --- Matthew 26:74
ἀποκρίνομαι --- ἀποκρίνῃ --- Matthew 26:62
καλέω --- ἐκλήθη --- Matthew 27:8
καταμαρτυρέω --- καταμαρτυροῦσιν --- Matthew 26:62
κλαίω --- ἔκλαυσεν --- Matthew 26:75
λέγω --- λέγω --- Matthew 26:64
οἶδα --- ᾔδει --- Matthew 27:18
ὁράω --- ὄψῃ --- Matthew 27:4
προσέρχομαι --- προσῆλθεν --- Matthew 26:69
σιωπάω --- ἐσιώπα --- Matthew 26:63
φημί --- ἔφη --- Matthew 27:23
ἐπερωτάω --- ἐπηρώτησεν --- Matthew 27:11
δοκέω --- δοκεῖς --- Matthew 26:53
κατακρίνω --- κατεκρίθη --- Matthew 27:3
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πείθω --- ἔπεισαν --- Matthew 27:20
φοβέω --- ἐφοβήθησαν --- Matthew 27:54
πιστεύω --- πιστεύσομεν --- Matthew 27:42
ἀπαρνέομαι --- ἀπαρνήσῃ --- Matthew 26:75
ἀρνέομαι --- ἠρνήσατο --- Matthew 26:70
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ἀκολουθέω --- ἠκολούθει --- Matthew 26:58
ἐξορκίζω --- ἐξορκίζω --- Matthew 26:63
κρατέω --- ἐκρατήσατέ --- Matthew 26:55
ἀγγαρεύω --- ἠγγάρευσαν --- Matthew 27:32
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τιμάω --- ἐτιμήσαντο --- Matthew 27:9
ἀγοράζω --- ἠγόρασαν --- Matthew 27:7
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παραδίδωμι --- παρέδωκαν --- Matthew 27:2
πάσχω --- ἔπαθον --- Matthew 27:19
πίπτω --- ἔπεσεν --- Matthew 26:39
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στρέφω --- ἔστρεψεν --- Matthew 27:3
συνάγω --- συνήγαγον --- Matthew 27:27
φεύγω --- ἔφυγον --- Matthew 26:56
ἐγγίζω --- ἤγγικεν --- Matthew 26:46
ἐγκαταλείπω --- ἐγκατέλιπες --- Matthew 27:46
εἰσέρχομαι --- εἰσῆλθον --- Matthew 27:53
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τηρέω --- ἐτήρουν --- Matthew 27:36
ἐμπαίζω --- ἐνέπαιξαν --- Matthew 27:31
ἐμπτύω --- ἐνέπτυσαν --- Matthew 26:67
καταφιλέω --- κατεφίλησεν --- Matthew 26:49
κολαφίζω --- ἐκολάφισαν --- Matthew 26:67
ὀνειδίζω --- ὠνείδιζον --- Matthew 27:44
ῥαπίζω --- ἐράπισαν --- Matthew 26:67
σταυρόω --- σταυροῦνται --- Matthew 27:38