Ara is a question-forming conjunction or particle in the Bible's direct and rhetorical questions.

Ara functions as a question-forming word in the supplied clauses: it occurs with Philip's direct inquiry in Acts 8:30 and with the questions concerning Christ and faith in Galatians 2:17 and Luke 18:8.

1. Question-forming conjunction or particle · dominant

   The supplied morphology identifies the form as a Conjunction in Acts 8:30 and Galatians 2:17 and as a Particle in Luke 18:8. In Acts 8:30 the APB renders Philip's inquiry, "Do you understand what you are reading?"; in Galatians 2:17 it renders the question about whether Christ is "a servant of sin"; and in Luke 18:8 it renders the question, "will he find faith on the earth?"

   Acts 8:30Galatians 2:17Luke 18:8

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents each clause as a question, but its loose, non-whole-verse phrasing does not isolate a separate English rendering for ara.