Acts 17:3:4Acts.17.3.W4TAB
ὅτι
hoti
“that”
- Transliteration
- HO-ti
- Extended
- HOH-tih
- IPA
- /ˈho.ti/
Meaning by language
- English
- that
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Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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HO-ti
- 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 first clause, hoti ton christon edei pathein kai anastēnai ek nekrōn {ὅτι τὸν χριστὸν ἔδει παθεῖν καὶ ἀναστῆναι ἐκ νεκρῶν | hó-ti tón khri-stón é-dei pa-theîn kaì a-na-stē-nai ek ne-krôn}, combines the impersonal verb edei ‘it was necessary’ with a pair of complementary aorist infinitives, pathein ‘to suffer’ and anastēnai ‘to rise’, framing Messiah’s suffering and resurrection as a divinely ordained necessity. The prepositional phrase ek nekrōn ‘from the dead ones’ specifies the realm out of which the rising occurs, underscoring bodily resurrection.
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 17:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Acts 17:3, so the Greek word ὅτι (hoti) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.17.3.W4.S1) and character.