Acts 17:18:30Acts.17.18.W30TAB
Ἰησοῦν
eeaysoon
“Jesus”
- Transliteration
- ee-ay-SOON
- Extended
- i-ee-AY-SOON
- IPA
- /i.eːˈsuːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- Jesus
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Alphabet Analysis
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
ee-ay-SOON
- sentence
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
Exegesis
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.
In context — Acts 17:18
But some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him, and some were saying, “What might this babbler wish to say?” but others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign divinities ,” because he was proclaiming Jesus and the resurrection.
About this coordinate
Acts 17:18:30 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 30 of Acts 17:18, so the Greek word Ἰησοῦν (eeaysoon) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Acts.17.18.W30, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.17.18.W30.S1) and character.