Acts 17:3:16Acts.17.3.W16TAB
ἐστιν
estin
“is”
- Transliteration
- es-TIN
- Extended
- ehs-TIHN
- IPA
- /esˈtin/
Meaning by language
- English
- is
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
es-TIN
- sentence
di-a-NOI-gōn KAI pa-ra-ti-THE-me-nos HO-ti ton khri-STON E-dei pa-THEIN KAI a-na-STÊ-nai ek ne-KRÔN KAI HO-ti hou-TOS es-TIN ho khri-STOS ho ee-ay-SOOS HON e-GÔ ka-ta-NGEL-lō hy-MIN
Exegesis
The second hoti-clause, hoti houtos estin ho christos ho Iesous {ὅτι οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ χριστός ὁ Ἰησοῦς | hó-ti hou-tós es-tin ho khri-stós ho Iē-soûs}, uses the demonstrative houtos ‘this one’ in a presentational sense, equating the proclaimed historical Jesus with the awaited Christ. The apposition ho christos ho Iesous places the title ‘the Christ’ before the personal name ‘Jesus’ for emphasis.
In context — Acts 17:3
Explaining thoroughly and setting forth that the Christ had to suffer and to rise from the dead, and that this Jesus whom I proclaim to you is the Christ.
About this coordinate
Acts 17:3:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Acts 17:3, so the Greek word ἐστιν (estin) 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.17.3.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.17.3.W16.S1) and character.