Acts 17:5:26Acts.17.5.W26TAB
τὸν
ton
“the”
- Transliteration
- ton
- Extended
- tohn
- IPA
- /ton/
Meaning by language
- English
- the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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dzê-LO-san-tes de hoi i-ou-DAI-oi kai pros-la-BO-me-noi tôn a-go-RAI-ôn AN-dras ti-NAS po-nê-ROUS kai okh-lo-poi-Ê-san-tes e-tho-RY-boun tên PO-lin kai e-pi-STAN-tes tê oi-KI-a i-A-so-nos e-DZÊ-toun au-TOUS pro-a-ga-GEIN eis ton DÊ-mon
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase eis ton dēmon {εἰς τὸν δῆμον | EIS ton DĒ-mon} indicates the goal, the public assembly or crowd, emphasizing that the intent is to expose the missionaries to public judgment. In translation, the participial chain is rendered as a series of coordinated finite clauses to maintain readability while preserving the causal and sequential relationships signaled by the aorist participles and imperfect main verbs.
In context — Acts 17:5
But the Jews , having become jealous, and having taken along some wicked men from among the market-dwellers, formed a mob and were throwing the city into an uproar. And having come upon the house of Jason, they were seeking to bring them out to the assembly .
About this coordinate
Acts 17:5:26 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 26 of Acts 17:5, so the Greek word τὸν (ton) 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.17.5.W26, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.17.5.W26.S1) and character.