Clip (<5 mins)
New TestamentBiblical Languages
Evangelical
Greek Phrase Word Order that Miscommunicates
Theologian
Bill Mounce
Duration
4.56
Uploaded to YouTube
10 September 2020
Added to Database
17 December 2025
YouTube description
The ordering of phrases can be difficult, and sometimes force even a natural language translation like the NLT to follow awkward Greek word order. In English, phrases have to be next to the word they modify, and this can create confusion in translation.