Short (5-20 mins)
New Testament
Evangelical
Explaining English by Greek : Matt. 26:27, Luke 2:16, John 3:16 - with Dr. Karen Jobes
Theologian
Karen Jobes
Duration
10.17
Uploaded to YouTube
10 March 2021
Added to Database
14 November 2025
YouTube description
Dr. Karen Jobes is Gerald F. Hawthorne Professor of New Testament Greek and Exegesis, Emerita, at Wheaton College. She has authored many books and articles, including Invitation to the Septuagint and commentaries on Esther, 1 Peter, and 1, 2, 3 John. She served for years on the Committee for Bible Translation (responsible for the NIV translation of the Bible). She talks about her own introduction to Greek and notes passages where our English translations raise ambiguities that are clarified by knowledge of the Greek.
