Acts 19:3:10Acts.19.3.W10TAB
Εἰς
eis
“into”
- Transliteration
- eis
- Extended
- eis
- IPA
- /eis/
Meaning by language
- English
- into
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
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eis
- sentence
ei-PEN te eis TI oun e-bap-TI-sthê-te hoi de ei-pan eis ton i-ô-AN-nou BAP-tis-ma
Exegesis
In the question, the fronted prepositional phrase eis ti oun {Εἰς τί οὖν | Eis tí oûn} literally “into what then” places emphasis on the nature of the baptism, and the aorist passive indicative verb ebaptisthēte {ἐβαπτίσθητε | e-bap-tís-thē-te} presents the baptism as a completed reception.
The answer reuses eis {Εἰς | Eis} to maintain parallelism and employs the genitive Iōannou {Ἰωάννου | Iō-án-nou} to specify whose baptism, with baptisma {βάπτισμα | báp-tis-ma} as the head noun. This repetition underscores the alignment created by the preposition and preserves the technical term in both question and answer.
In context — Acts 19:3
And he said to them, “What, then, were you baptized into?” And they said, “Into John’s baptism .”
About this coordinate
Acts 19:3:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Acts 19:3, so the Greek word Εἰς (eis) 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.19.3.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.19.3.W10.S1) and character.