Acts 19:4:12Acts.19.4.W12TAB
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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EI-pen de PAU-los i-ō-AN-nēs e-BA-pti-sen BA-ptis-ma me-ta-NOI-as tôi la-ÔI LE-gōn eis ton er-KHO-me-non met au-TON HI-na pi-STEU-sō-sin tout ES-tin eis ton ee-ay-SOON
Exegesis
The object of belief is given by the prepositional phrase eis ton erchomenon {εἰς τὸν ἐρχόμενον | eis tón er-khó-me-non} ‘into the coming one,’ further qualified by met’ auton {μετ᾽ αὐτὸν | met’ au-tón} ‘after him,’ indicating temporal succession after John.
The appositional clause tout’ estin eis ton Iesoun {τοῦτ᾽ ἔστιν εἰς τὸν Ἰησοῦν | toût’ é-stin eis tón Iē-soûn} ‘that is, into Jesus’ clarifies that the “coming one” is Jesus Himself, functioning as an explanatory equivalence. In translation, the hina-clause is rendered with “that they should believe” in the formal version and “to put their faith” in the dynamic version to reflect purpose and volition, while the explanatory tout’ estin is preserved with “that is” to maintain the explicit identification of Jesus as the focus of faith.
In context — Acts 19:4
And Paul said, “John baptized with a baptism of repentance for the people, saying to the people that they should believe in the One coming after him—that is, in Jesus .”
About this coordinate
Acts 19:4:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Acts 19:4, 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.19.4.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.19.4.W12.S1) and character.