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Emphatic Elements in the Greek: Matthew 24:32-41 (Summary & Review)

Posted on September 5, 2012 Posted by Blue Letter Bible

Justin Alfred, a Biblical language expert, has been walking us through “emphatic negations” in Biblical Greek. Emphatic negations are an explicitly strong way to express a negative. While a normal negative might mean “that will not happen,” an emphatic negative further tells the reader that  there is not even the slightest possibility that something will occur. To […]

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