Luk 9:13 | RWP | e4.org | Except we should go and buy food ( ε μητ πορευθεντες ημεις αγορασωμεν βρωματα ). This is a condition of the third class with the aorist subjunctive ( αγορασωμεν ), where the conjunction is usually εαν (with negative εαν μη ), but not always or necessarily so especially in the Koine . So in ε μη διερμηνευη and in ε κα καταλαβω . "Unless" is better here than "except." Food ( βρωματα ), means eaten pieces from βιβρωσκω , to eat, somewhat like our "edibles" or vernacular "eats."

‏ Luke 9:13

Except we should go and buy food ( ε μητ πορευθεντες ημεις αγορασωμεν βρωματα ). This is a condition of the third class with the aorist subjunctive ( αγορασωμεν ), where the conjunction is usually εαν (with negative εαν μη ), but not always or necessarily so especially in the Koine. So in 1Co 14:5 ε μη διερμηνευη and in Php 3:12 ε κα καταλαβω. "Unless" is better here than "except."

Food ( βρωματα ), means eaten pieces from βιβρωσκω, to eat, somewhat like our "edibles" or vernacular "eats."