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New TestamentBiblical Languages
Evangelical
Adverbial Participles: What's a Translator to do? (Eph 2:1)
Theologian
Bill Mounce
Duration
3.05
Uploaded to YouTube
27 January 2022
Added to Database
17 December 2025
YouTube description
Adverbial participles are capable of a wide range of meanings, and the translator has to use context to make a decision. In addition, Eph 2:1–7 is one long sentence, and sometimes subjects and verbs need to be moved around as the sentence is broken down into more manageable chunks.