This document contains 20 passages of Greek text from the New Testament with English translations. The passages range from single sentences to short paragraphs and cover a variety of topics including Jesus' teachings, his followers, his crucifixion and resurrection, and references to God and prophets in the Hebrew Bible.

1. By Kevin G. Smith
Translation Exercise 30
Mounce, Workbook

2. Question 1
πεπιστεύκοτες δὲ
ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ οἱ ὄχλοι.
But having believed,
the crowds followed him.

3. Question 2
ὁ ἑωρακὼς
ἐμὲ
ἑώρακεν τὸν πατέρα.
The one who has seen
me
has seen the Father.

4. Question 3
Ἐγένετο ἄνθρωπος,
ἀπεσταλμένος
παρὰ θεοῦ,
ὄνομα αὐτῷ Ἰωάννης.
A man came,
having been sent
from God,
whose name was John.

5. Question 4
τὸ γεγεννημένον
ἐκ τῆς σαρκὸς
σάρξ ἐστιν,
καὶ τὸ γεγεννημένον ἐκ
τοῦ πνεύματος
πνεῦμά ἐστιν.
What has been born
from flesh
is flesh,
and what has been born
from the Spirit
is spirit.

6. Question 5
καὶ ἐξεπλήσσοντο
ἐπὶ τῇ διδαχῇ αὐτοῦ·
ἦν γὰρ διδάσκων αὐτοὺς
ὡς ἐξουσίαν ἔχων
καὶ οὐχ ὡς οἱ γραμματεῖς.
And they were amazed
at his teaching,
for he was teaching them
as having authority
and not as the scribes.

7. Question 6
Καὶ εὐθὺς
ἔτι αὐτοῦ λαλοῦντος
παραγίνεται Ἰούδας
εἷς τῶν δώδεκα
καὶ μετʼ αὐτοῦ ὄχλος.
And immediately,
while he is still speaking,
Judas comes
one of the twelve
and a crowd with him.

8. Question 7
γὰρ
οὔπω
ὁ Ἰωάννης ἦν
βεβλημένος
εἰς τὴν φυλακὴν.
For
not yet
John had
been thrown
into prison.

9. Question 8
καὶ ἐγένετο ἧχος
ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ
καὶ ἐπλήρωσεν
ὅλον τὸν οἶκον
οὗ ἦσαν καθήμενοι.
And a sound came
from heaven
and it filled
the whole house
where they were
sitting.

10. Question 9a
αὐτοῦ λαλοῦντος
ταῦτα
πολλοὶ ἐπίστευσαν
εἰς αὐτόν.
While he was speaking
these things
many believed
in him.

11. Question 9b
ἔλεγεν οὖν ὁ Ἰησοῦς
πρὸς τοὺς Ἰουδαίους
πεπιστευκότας
αὐτῷ·
ἐὰν ὑμεῖς μείνητε
ἐν τῷ λόγῳ τῷ ἐμῷ,
ἀληθῶς μαθηταί μού ἐστε.
Therefore Jesus was saying
to the Jews
who had believed
in him:
If you remain
in my word,
truly you are my disciples.

12. Question 10a
καὶ οἱ προάγοντες
καὶ οἱ ἀκολουθοῦντες
ἔκραζον.
ὡσαννά·
εὐλογημένος
ὁ ἐρχόμενος
ἐν ὀνόματι
κυρίου·
Both the ones going before
and also the ones following
were crying out,
Hosanna!
Blessed be
the one who is coming
in the name
of the Lord!

13. Question 10b
εὐλογημένη
ἡ ἐρχομένη βασιλεία
τοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν
Δαυίδ·
ὡσαννὰ ἐν τοῖς ὑψίστοις.
Blessed be
the coming kingdom
of our father
David!
Hosanna in the highest!”

14. Question 11
οἱ δὲ πρεσβύτεροι
τῶν Ἰουδαίων
εὡρακότς τὸν Ἰησοῦν
μετὰ τῶν μαθητῶν
ἐδέξαντο ἕνα ἐκείνων
ὃς ἐποίησεν
τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν
αὐτὸν παραδοῦναι.
And the elders
of the Jews
having known Jesus
with the disciples
received one of those
who made
the promise
to betray him.

15. Question 12
οἱ πεπιστευκότες
εἰς τὸν Ἰησοῦν
Χριστιανοὶ καλοῦνται
ὅτι
γινώσκουσιν αὐτὸν
ὡς τὸν Χριστόν
τε καὶ
τὸν κύριον.
The ones who had believed
in Jesus
were called “Christians”
because
they know him
as the Christ
and also
as the Lord.

16. Question 13
Ἡ χάρις
τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν
Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ
μεθʼ ὑμῶν
καὶ μετὰ πάντων
πανταχῇ
τῶν κεκλημένων
ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ
καὶ διʼ αὐτοῦ
The grace
of our Lord
Jesus Christ
[be] with you
and with all
everywhere
who have been called
by God
and through him

17. Question 14
καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα
οὕτως ἀνέγνω Ἰησοῦς
πάντα τὰ ῥήματα
τοῦ νόμου τούτου
…
κατὰ πάντα τὰ
γεγραμμένα
ἐν τῷ νόμῳ.
And after these things
thus Joshua read
all the words
of this law
…
according to all the things
that have been written
in the law

18. Question 15
Προσευξαμένου μου
ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ
εἰσῆλθεν ἀνήρ
καὶ ἠσπάσατό με,
κἀγὼ ἠσπασάμην αὐτόν.
After I prayed
in the house,
a man entered
and greeted me,
and I greeted him.

19. Question 16
οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν ἔφαγον
τὸ μάννα ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ,
καθώς ἐστιν γεγραμμένον·
ἄρτον ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ
ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς
φαγεῖν.
Our fathers ate
the manna in the desert,
just as it is written,
bread from heaven
he gave to them
to eat.

20. Question 17a
ταῦτα
οὐκ ἔγνωσαν
αὐτοῦ οἱ μαθηταὶ
τὸ πρῶτον
ἀλλʼ ὅτε
ἐδοξάσθη Ἰησοῦς
these things
they did not know
his disciples
at first
but when
Jesus had been glorified

21. Question 17b
τότε ἐμνήσθησαν
ὅτι
ταῦτα ἦν γεγραμμένα
ἐπʼ αὐτῷ
καὶ
ταῦτα ἐποίησαν αὐτῷ.
then they remembered
that
these things had been written
about him
and [that]
they did these things to him.

22. Question 18
ἐλθόντος τοῦ λόγου
γνώσονται
τὸν προφήτην
ὃν ἀπέστειλεν αὐτοῖς
κύριος
ἐν πίστει.
After the word comes,
they will know
the prophet
whom the Lord sent
to them
in faith.

23. Question 19a
Καὶ ἔρχονται
πάλιν
εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα.
καὶ περιπατοῦντος αὐτοῦ
ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ
And they are coming
again
into Jerusalem,
and while he is walking
in the temple

24. Question 19b
ἔρχονται πρὸς αὐτὸν
οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς
καὶ οἱ γραμματεῖς
καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι
καὶ ἔλεγον αὐτῷ·
ἐν ποία ἐξουσίᾳ
ταῦτα ποιεῖς;
They are coming to him
the high priests
and the scribes
and the elders
and they are saying to him,
“In what authority
are you doing these things?”

25. Question 20
καλέσω
τὸν οὐ λαόν μου
λαόν μου
καὶ [καλέσω]
τὴν οὐκ ἠγαπημένην
ἠγαπημένην.
I will call
the not-my-people,
“my people,”
and [I will call]
the not-having-been-loved,
“having-been-loved.”