Voice Review Voice Active Subject does Middle Subject

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Review: Voice Active Subject does Middle Subject does/affected Passive Subject receives

Active: Simple Mark 1: 12 “At once the Spirit drove (ἐκβάλλει) him out into the wilderness. ”

Active: Causative 1 Cor 3: 6 “I planted, Apollos watered, but God has been causing the growth (ηὔξανεν). ”

Active: Stative 1 Tim 4: 10 “We have placed our hope in the living God, who is (ἐστιν) the Savior of all people, particularly of those who believe. ”

Passive: Simple Mark 9: 31 “The Son of Man is going to be delivered (παραδίδοται) into the hands of men. ”

Passive Deponent Mark 7: 28 “But she answered (ἀπεκρίθη, from ἀποκρίνομαι) him, saying, ‘Lord, even the dogs under the table feed from the children’s crumbs. ’”

Middle: Deponent Mark 11: 21 “Peter said to him, ‘Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed (κατηράσω, from καταράομαι) has withered!’”

Middle: Indirect Acts 5: 1– 2 “A man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property, and with his wife’s knowledge he kept back for himself (ἐνοσφίσατο, from νοσφίζω) some of the proceeds. ”

Middle: Direct Mark 15: 54 Peter “was sitting with the officers and warming himself (θερμαίνω) at the fire. ”

Transitive Mark 1: 8 “I baptized (ἐβάπτισα) you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit. ”

Transitive Phil 3: 12 “Not that I have already obtained (ἔλαβον) all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me” (NIV).