καὶ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 καὶ

   KAI

   and
2. sentence🔊 παρρησιασάμενοί τε ὁ Παῦλος καὶ ὁ Βαρναβᾶς εἶπαν Ὑμῖν ἦν ἀναγκαῖον πρῶτον λαληθῆναι τὸν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ ἐπειδὴ ἀπωθεῖσθε αὐτὸν καὶ οὐκ ἀξίους κρίνετε ἑαυτοὺς τῆς αἰωνίου ζωῆς ἰδοὺ στρεφόμεθα εἰς τὰ ἔθνη

   par-rhē-si-a-SA-me-noi te ho PAU-los KAI ho bar-na-BAS EI-pan hy-MEEN EEN a-nan-KAI-on PRO-ton la-lē-THÊ-nai ton LO-gon tou the-OU e-pei-DÊ a-pō-THEI-sthe au-TON KAI ouk a-KSI-ous KRI-ne-te he-au-TOUS tês ai-ō-NI-ou zō-ÊS i-DOU stre-PHO-me-tha eis ta E-thnē

   having spoken boldly and the Paul and the Barnabas said to you it was necessary first to be spoken the word of the God since you thrust away it and not worthy you judge yourselves of the eternal life behold we are turning to the nations

Exegesis

The particle te {τε | te} lightly links this statement with the preceding narrative, while the coordinated subjects ho Paulos kai ho Barnabas {ὁ Παῦλος καὶ ὁ Βαρναβᾶς | ho Paûlos kaì ho Barnabâs} present the missionary pair in a marked, nominative position before the verb.

The coordinated clause kai ouk axious krinete heautous tēs aiōniou zōēs {καὶ οὐκ ἀξίους κρίνετε ἑαυτοὺς τῆς αἰωνίου ζωῆς | kaì ouk axíous krínete heautoús tês aiōníou zōês} combines the negative particle ouk with axious as the object complement of krinete, portraying the audience as actively rendering a verdict on themselves with respect to participation in ‘eternal life’.

Root and etymology

dikaios🔊 δίκαιοςdelta–iota–kappa–alpha–iota–omicron–sigma

“righteous, just”

• 🔊 δίκαιοςdi-kai-osrighteous, justRomans 1:17
• 🔊 δικαιόωdi-kai-ó-ōto justify, declare righteousRomans 3:26