Acts 19:15:18Acts.19.15.W18TAB
τίνες
tines
“who”
- Transliteration
- TI-nes
- Extended
- TI-nehs
- IPA
- /ˈti.nes/
Meaning by language
- English
- who
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Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
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TI-nes
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a-po-kri-THEN DE to PNEU-ma to po-nê-RON EI-pen au-TOIS ton ee-ay-SOON gi-NŌ-sko KAI ton PAU-lon e-PI-sta-mai hy-MEIS DE TI-nes es-TE
Exegesis
The final clause humeis de tines este {ὑμεῖς δὲ τίνες ἐστε | hymêis dè tínes éste} “but who are you?” front-loads the pronoun humeis for contrastive emphasis, sharply opposing the well-known figures (Jesus and Paul) with the unknown exorcists. In translation, this structure is mirrored by retaining the contrastive “but” and preserving the focus on the named objects (“Jesus I know, and Paul I am acquainted with”) before the climactic challenge, thereby maintaining the rhetorical force and the implied recognition of Jesus’ superior authority.
In context — Acts 19:15
But the evil spirit answered and said to them, “Jesus I know, and Paul I am acquainted with, but who are you?”
About this coordinate
Acts 19:15:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Acts 19:15, so the Greek word τίνες (tines) 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.19.15.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.19.15.W18.S1) and character.