Acts 19:22:17Acts.19.22.W17TAB

τὴν

tên

the

Transliteration
tên
Extended
têhn
IPA
/tɛːn/

Meaning by language

English
the

Alphabet Analysis

Taut — as in top
Etai — as in machine
Nun — as in new

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  1. word

    tên

  2. sentence

    a-po-STEI-las de eis tên ma-ke-do-NI-an DY-o tôn di-a-ko-NOU-ntōn au-TÔ ti-MO-the-on kai E-ras-ton au-TOS e-PE-skh(en) KHRÓ-non eis tên a-SI-an

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase eis ten Makedonian {εἰς τὴν Μακεδονίαν | eis tēn Ma-ke-do-ní-an} specifies the destination of the sending.

The final prepositional phrase eis ten Asian {εἰς τὴν Ἀσίαν | eis tēn A-sí-an} locates this ongoing presence in the Roman province of Asia. The Greek maintains the participial construction to present a sequence: first the sending action, then the remaining action; the English renderings preserve this temporal relationship by making the participle into a temporal clause (“after sending” / “after he sent”) while keeping the emphasis on the subject who stays behind.

In contextActs 19:22

And after sending into Macedonia two of those serving him, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed for a time in Asia .

About this coordinate

Acts 19:22:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Acts 19:22, so the Greek word τὴν (tên) 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.19.22.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.19.22.W17.S1) and character.