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The following notes should help you in understanding the Practice Sentences provided by Croy. You might also find it very helpful to look at a Segmented Version of the sentences.
1. ἀσπασάμενοι τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς καὶ τὰς ἀδελφάς, ἀπῆλθον οἱ ἀπόστολοι εἰς ἑτέραν γῆν.
The word ἀσπασάμενοι is an aorist middle participle (it agrees with ἀπόστολοι). Can you identify the gender, number, and case of this participle? The verb ἀσπασάμενοι is deponent (middle in form, active in meaning), and here it takes a direct object, ἀδελφοὺς and ἀδελφάς. Note that the subject ἀπόστολοι follows its verb, ἀπῆλθον.
2. παραλαβὼν τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ ὁ ἀνὴρ ἐπορεύθη εἰς τὴν ἔρημον προσεύξασθαι.
The word παραλαβὼν is an aorist active participle (it agrees with ἀνὴρ). Can you identify the gender, number, and case of this participle? The infinitive προσεύξασθαι is used here in the sense of purpose. The verb ἐπορεύθη is aorist passive, being used for the deponent (active in meaning). The infinitive προσεύξασθαι is also deponent (middle in form, active in meaning).
3. ἡ ψυχὴ ἡ κράξασα ἐν τῇ συναγωγῇ γνώσεται τὴν εἰρήνην τοῦ θεοῦ.
The word κράξασα is an aorist active participle (it agrees with ψυχὴ). Can you identify the gender, number, and case of this participle? Note the future deponent γνώσεται (middle in form, active in meaning).
4. καθίσαντος τοῦ διδασκάλου ἐπὶ λίθον ὁ ὄχλος ὁ πίνων οἶνον ἤρξατο ἀκοῦσαι αὐτοῦ.
The word καθίσαντος is an aorist active participle and it in a genitive absolute construction with διδασκάλου. The word πίνων is also a present active participle (it agrees with ὄχλος). Can you identify the gender, number, and case of this participle? The verb ἤρξατο has a special meaning in the middle ("began") and takes a complementary infinitive, ἀκοῦσαι (and remember: this verb can take a genitive object when it means "listen to ___").
5. παραγενόμενος δὲ καὶ συναγαγὼν τὰ τέκνα ὁ πατὴρ προσήνεγκε τὰ δῶρα.
The word παραγενόμενος is an aorist middle participle (deponent verb: middle in form, active in meaning) and συναγαγὼν is an aorist active participle (they both agree with πατὴρ). Can you identify the gender, number, and case of these participles? The participle παραγενόμενος is deponent (middle in form, active in meaning). Notice how the two participles are coordinated with δὲ and καὶ.
6. καὶ οἱ μὴ ἔχοντες πόδας καὶ χεῖρας δύνανται ἐργάσασθαι ἔργα δικαιοσύνης.
The word ἔχοντες is a present active participle (it serves as the subject of the verb δύνανται). Can you identify the gender, number, and case of this participle? Note the adverbial use of καὶ ("even people who..."). Note also the use of μὴ to negate the participle. The verb δύνανται takes a complementary infinitive, ἐργάσασθαι.
7. οἱ μὴ λογισάμενοι τὴν θεοῦ ἀγάπην εἶπον ὑμῖν, Οὐκ ὀφείλετε θεραπεῦσαι ἐν τῷ σαββάτῳ.
The word λογισάμενοι is an aorist middle participle (it serves as the subject of the verb εἶπον). Can you identify the gender, number, and case of this participle? The verb λογισάμενοι is deponent (middle in form, active in meaning), and here it takes a direct object, ἀγάπην. Note the use of μὴ to negate the participle. Note also the noun phrase with the genitive enclosed between the article and the noun: τὴν θεοῦ ἀγάπην. The verb ὀφείλετε takes a complementary infinitive, θεραπεῦσαι.
8. ἐλθόντος τοῦ προφήτου εἰς τὴν συναγωγὴν αἱ γυναῖκες αἱ καθίζουσαι ἐν ἐκείνῳ τῷ τόπῳ εἶπον, Θέλομεν αἴρειν τὰς χεῖρας ἡμῶν καὶ δοξάζειν τὸν κύριον.
The word ἐλθόντος is an aorist active participle, in a genitive absolute construction with προφήτου. The word καθίζουσαι is also a participle, although it is a present active participle, not an aorist (it agrees with γυναῖκες). Can you identify the gender, number, and case of this participle? Note the braided noun-adjective phrase, with the repeated definite article αἱ... αἱ... Note also the demonstrative noun phrase, ἐκείνῳ τῷ τόπῳ. The verb θέλομεν takes complementary infinitives, αἴρειν and δοξάζειν.
9. ἐφάγομεν καὶ ἐπίομεν μετὰ τοῦ πατρός σου ἀσπασαμένου τοὺς δούλους καὶ λύσαντος τὸ ἱμάτιον αὐτοῦ.
The word ἀσπασαμένου is an aorist middle participle and the word λύσαντος is an aorist active participle (both agreeing with πατρός). Can you identify the gender, number, and case of these participles? The verb ἀσπασαμένου is deponent (middle in form, active in meaning), and here it takes a direct object, δούλους.
10. τῆς μητρός μου ἔτι ἑτοιμαζούσης ἄρτον παρεγένοντο οἱ ἄγγελοι.
The word ἑτοιμαζούσης is a present active participle, in a genitive absolute construction with μητρός. Note that the subject ἄγγελοι follows its verb, παρεγένοντο (deponent: middle in form, active in meaning).
11. ὁ ἄνθρωπος ὁ παραλαβόμενος βασιλείαν καὶ βουλόμενος γινώσκειν περὶ αὐτῆς ἔπεμψε δούλους βλέπειν αὐτήν.
The words παραλαβόμενος and βουλόμενος are aorist middle participles (the both agree with ἄνθρωπος). Can you identify the gender, number, and case of these participles? As a middle verb, παραλαβόμενος can take a direct object, βασιλείαν. The participle βουλόμενος takes a complementary infinitive, γινώσκειν. The infinitive βλέπειν is used here in the sense of purpose.
12. γενομένου σαββάτου ὁ ἀναβαίνων πρὸς τὸ ἱερὸν ἔπεσεν πρὸς τοὺς πόδας τοῦ διδασκάλου.
The word γενομένου is an aorist middle participle (deponent verb: middle in form, active in meaning), in a genitive absolute construction with σαββάτου. The word ἀναβαίνων is an aorist active participle (it serves as the subject of the verb ἔπεσεν). Can you identify the gender, number, and case of this participle?
13. τοῦ πνεύματος ἀγαγόντος τοὺς ἁμαρτωλοὺς εἰς τὴν ἐκκλησίαν, ἠνοίξαμεν τὸ στόμα ἡμῶν καὶ εὐηγγελισάμεθα.
The word ἀγαγόντος is an aorist active participle in a genitive absolute construction with πνεύματος. The verb εὐηγγελισάμεθα is deponent (middle in form, active in meaning).
14. ὁ κηρύξας ὑμῖν τὸν λόγον τῆς ἀληθείας ἑώρακε τὸ βιβλίον τῆς ζωῆς καὶ ἔγνωκε τὰ μέλλοντα.
The word κηρύξας is an aorist active participle (it serves as the subject of the verbs ἑώρακε and ἔγνωκε). Can you identify the gender, number, and case of this participle? The verb ἑώρακε is perfect tense, third person singular, for the verb βλέπω. The verb ἔγνωκε is perfect tense, third person singular, from the verb γινώσκω. The present active participle μέλλοντα is being used substantively here, as a noun ("the things to come").
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