Lesson 6 | Phrasing in Greek
[4] Add Arrows (and Boxes)
The final step is to add arrows connecting subordinate clauses and phrases to the word or clause they modify. (Follow the built-in guide with the arrow tool.)
Clauses
Draw an arrow from subordinate clauses pointing to the first word of the main clause. Here in Romans 10:16, we have added an arrow from the γάρ clause to the main clause it supports.
Draw a curved arrow from a relative pronoun pointing back to its specific antecedent. Colossians 1:24-25a contains two relative pronouns. The relative clauses are split off on their own and curved arrows point to each pronoun's antecedent.
Add a box (in the Arrows+ toolbox) around direct discourse (speech) content and OT quotations. In the first example from Mark 4:38, the disciple's speech content is placed in a box.
Likewise, Paul's quote from Isaiah in Romans 10:16 is highlighted with a box.
Phrases
All other modifying phrases (prepositional phrases, adverbial participles, adjectival phrases, infinitive phrases) should have an arrow pointing to the specific word they modify. In the example from Philippians 1:4–5, each prepositional phrase now includes an arrow pointing to the word it modifies.
Here in Colossians 1:25, we have added arrows for the prepositional phrases, the adjectival participle phrase and the infinitive phrase.
We return once again to the participle in Mark 4:36. The arrow should point to the verb it modifies.
In the guided practices that follow, we use passages that you have already diagramed and translated in previous assignments. You will start with the phrase as completed in the assignment and apply the three steps from this lesson.