Message Notes

SSS4
21 December 2014

Text: Mark 1:12-13

Καὶ εὐθὺς τὸ πνεῦμα αὐτὸν ἐκβάλλει εἰς τὴν ἔρημον.

και ἦν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ τεσσεράκοντα ἡμέρας πειραζόμενος ὑπὸ τοῦ
Σατανᾶ, καὶ ἦν μετὰ τῶν θηρίων, καὶ οἱ ἄγγελοι δινκόνουν αὐτῷ.

Mark 1:11
Only one word is new

ἐκβάλλει
Present Indicative Active
3 p s
Root: ἐκβάλλω to thrust out, to drive out

Translation of Mark 1:11
And immediately the Spirit drove Him into the desert.

Literally it should read :

And immediate the Spirit drives Him into the desert.

Special note concerning the use of the Present Tense in this text.

This is called “The historic or dramatic present”

The present tense is employed to give a heightened sense of drama.
This is a literary device used commonly in the Gospel narratives.

Mark 1:12

New words/phrase

τεσσεράκοντα ἡμέρας (Accusative plural)
Forty days

πειραζόμενος ὑπὸ τοῦ Σατανᾶ

πειραζόμενος
Present Passive Participle
Μasculine Genitive Singular
Root: πειράζω Ι test, tempt
Translation : Tempting

Σατανᾶ
Root word: σατανᾶς, ᾶ, ὁ
Translation : Satan

θηρίων
Νeuter Genitive Plural
Root: θηρίov, ου, τό wild beast
Translation : Wild beasts

δινκόνουν
Imperfect Indicative Active
3 p p
Root: I serve, minister
Translation : They were erving

Translation of Mark 1:12

And He was in the desert for forty days being tempted by Satan,
And He was with wild beasts, and the angels were ministering to Him