Greek I

Present Middle/Passive Indicative(Chapter 18)

Exegetical Insight – The Divine Passive

One of the ways that the passive voice is used is called the divine passive.

This is when God is the obvious agent of the action, without His being explicitly named. maka,rioi oi` penqou/ntej( o[ti auvtoi.

paraklhqh,sontaiÅ ~Umei/j ga.r evpV evleuqeri,a|

evklh,qhte( avdelfoi,\ th/| ga.r ca,riti, evste sesw|sme,noi dia. pi,stewj\ te,knon( avfi,entai, sou ai` a`marti,aiÅ

Overview of this Lesson

In this lesson we will learn: the passive voice, in which the subject

receives the action of the verb; that the present middle/passive is

formed by joining the present tense stem, connecting vowel, and primary middle/passive endings;

that in the present tense, the middle and passive are identical in form.

English Voice – the relationship of the subject to

the action of the verb. Active – the subject performs the action,

e.g. “I hit the ball.” Passive – the subject receives the action of

the verb, e.g., “I was hit by the ball.” See the full chart of English tenses in the

Appendix, p. 353.

Greek: Present Passive Indicative

Master Personal Ending Chart

Present Middle Indicative

Present Middle/Passive Forms of Contract Verbs

For Next Week

Vocab quiz from chapter 18. Workbook Exercise #18. Read chapter 19 on Future

Active/Middle Indicative, pp. 155-164.