Author name: Mark William Smith

Our next project will be counting to ten. One of the things that everyone wants to do is to be able to count in a language. Play the link below to learn to count in Greek and to practice. Count One To Ten Audio (click link to hear audio) Here is a breakdown of the […]

As in the previous articles, if you are just speaking the verses you can skip this article until you are ready to learn to read the Greek. If you are reading the Greek, you may be wondering how the words are split when you read them. In this lesson we will look at the rules

Here’s John 3:16b, the second part of this very famous verse.  Play the link below to learn the verse in Greek and to practice. John 3:16b Audio (click link to hear audio) That everyone believing into Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3:16b LITV) The koine Greek for this verse looks like

John 3:16 is perhaps the most famous verse in the Bible.  For us it should have a few words that we are already familiar with, perhaps with slightly different endings.    Play the link below to learn the verse in Greek and to practice. John 3:16a Audio (click link to hear audio) For God so loved

Matthew 22:39 is a little more complicated but it should have a number of familiar words.    Play the link below to learn the verse in Greek and to practice. Matthew 22:39 Audio (click link to hear audio) And the second is like it: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” (Matthew 22:39 LITV) The koine

Matthew 22:38 is a nice and simple sentence.  It is a summary statement after verse 37.   Play the link below to learn the verse in Greek and to practice. Matthew 22:38 Audio (click link to hear audio) This is the first and great commandment. (Matthew 22:38 LITV) The koine Greek for this verse looks

We are working on Matthew 22:37 where Jesus proclaims the greatest commandments.  This verse has a few words we have already seen, and uses several words several times.  So even though it is the longest verse we are tackling so far it doesn’t have that many new words.    Play the link below to learn the

Speak Koine (Biblical) Greek 9 – Matthew 22:37a Remember that English and Koine Greek are very different languages.  One of the places that you’ll see that is in the article getting “the”.  In Matthew: 22:37 we are going to find the English word “the” three times, but it is going to be three different koine

We are working on John 14:6, one of the great proclamations about himself that Jesus made.  I break the verse down into three parts to make it easier to learn and this is the third part.   Play the link below to learn the verse in Greek and to practice. John14:6 audio (click link to hear

As in the previous article, if you are just speaking the verses you can skip this article until you are ready to learn to read the Greek. If you are reading the Greek, you must be wondering what a lot of those marks are around the different letters in the text. In this lesson we

There are two different approaches to learning these lessons. First is to simply learn the language like someone does as a child, just listen and repeat. The second is to also try to read the words that are included in the lesson. If, for right now, you are just listening to the audio, then you

John 14:6 one of the great proclamations about himself that Jesus made.  I break the verse down into three parts to make it easier to learn.   The first part was in the previous article and this is the second part.  Play the link below to learn the verse in Greek and to practice. John14:6b

John 14:6 is a longer verse than the verses we’ve looked at so far. Because of that we are going to split up the verse into parts.  I don’t remember when I first learned the principle, but it goes like this: “Yard by yard, it’s way too hard, but inch by inch, it’s a cinch.”

This is a wonderful verse to learn.  Follow along with the audio by clicking on the following link: Phil 4-4 Audio Here is what the verse looks like in the text: Rejoice in the Lord always: again I will say, Rejoice.  (Philippians 4:4 ASV) Here is what the verse looks like in the Greek: And

Philippians 4:13 is one of those awesome verses, and it is short so we have a good verse to learn to speak Koine Greek.  Play the link below to learn the verse in Greek and to practice. Phil 4-13 Audio I can do all things through him who strengthens me. (Philippians 4:13 ESV) The koine

Koine Greek is the form of Greek used in the New Testament. It was the common language used among most people in everyday conversation and transactions in the Eastern Roman world around the time of Christ. Why learn Greek at all? The phrase has often been used, “lost in translation”.  Translators do a valuable job,