καί

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 καί

   KAI

   and
2. sentence🔊 τινὲς δὲ καὶ τῶν Ἐπικουρείων καὶ Στοϊκῶν φιλοσόφων συνέβαλλον αὐτῷ καί τινες ἔλεγον Τί ἂν θέλοι ὁ σπερμολόγος οὗτος λέγειν οἱ δέ Ξένων δαιμονίων δοκεῖ καταγγελεὺς εἶναι ὅτι τὸν Ἰησοῦν καὶ τὴν ἀνάστασιν εὐηγγελίζετο

   ti-NES de kai tôn e-pi-kou-REI-ōn kai sto-i-KÔN phi-lo-SO-phōn sy-NE-ba-llon au-TÔI KAI TI-nes E-le-gon TI AN THE-loi ho sper-mo-LO-gos HOU-tos LE-gein hoi DE KSE-nōn dai-mo-NI-ōn do-KEI ka-taŋ-ge-LEUS EI-nai HO-ti ton ee-ay-SOON kai tên a-NA-sta-sin eu-êŋ-ge-LI-ze-to

   some and also of the Epicureans and Stoics philosophers were conversing with him and some were saying What would might wish the babbler this to say the but of foreign divinities he seems a proclaimer to be because the Jesus and the resurrection he was proclaiming good news

Exegesis

The verse opens with a subject-plus-partitive-genitive construction: tines de kai tōn Epikoureion kai Stoikōn philosophōn syneballon autō {τινὲς δὲ καὶ τῶν Ἐπικουρείων καὶ Στοϊκῶν φιλοσόφων συνέβαλλον αὐτῷ | tinès dè kai tōn Epikoureíōn kai Stoïkôn philosophōn sunéballon autô}. The indefinites tines “some” frame a subset drawn “from among” the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers, with the genitives indicating the philosophical schools as larger groups. The imperfect syneballon portrays ongoing or repeated engagement, best understood here as sustained discussion or debate, with autō in the dative marking Paul as the interlocutor.

A second group is introduced with another tines clause: kai tines elegon {καί τινες ἔλεγον | kaí tines élegon} “and some were saying,” which sets up the first direct quotation.

Finally, the hoti clause explains the rationale for this misunderstanding: hoti ton Iesoun kai tēn anastasin euangelizeto {ὅτι τὸν Ἰησοῦν καὶ τὴν ἀνάστασιν εὐηγγελίζετο | hóti ton Iesoun kai tḕn anástasin euēngelizeto}. The conjunction hoti introduces a causal statement, and the imperfect middle euangelizeto portrays Paul’s ongoing activity of proclaiming good news. The coordination of ton Iesoun and tēn anastasin as joint objects of euangelizeto succinctly summarizes his message as centered on the person of Jesus and the resurrection. In English, the discourse structure is preserved by keeping the three groups (“some… some… others…”) and by rendering the imperfects with progressive or iterative force (“were conversing,” “were saying,” “was proclaiming”) to reflect the sustained engagement in the Areopagus setting.

Root and etymology

kainos🔊 καινόςkappa–alpha–iota–nu–omicron–sigma

“new, fresh”

• 🔊 καινὴ διαθήκηkainē diathēkēnew covenantLuke 22:20
• 🔊 καινὴ κτίσιςkainē ktisisnew creation2 Corinthians 5:17