Acts 2:32:10Acts.2.32.W10TAB
ἐσμεν
esmen
“are”
- Transliteration
- ES-men
- Extended
- EHS-mehn
- IPA
- /ˈes.men/
Meaning by language
- English
- are
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
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ES-men
- sentence
TOU-ton ton ee-ay-SOON a-NEE-stê-sen ho the-OS hou PAN-tes hê-MEIS ES-men MAR-ty-res
Exegesis
The relative pronoun hou {οὗ | hoû} introduces a relative clause that most naturally refers back to “this Jesus” and His resurrection, with the clause hou pantes hemeis esmen martyres {οὗ πάντες ἡμεῖς ἐσμεν μάρτυρες | hoû pán-tes hē-meîs é-smen már-tu-res} identifying the community (“all we”) as “witnesses.”
The present tense esmen {ἐσμεν | é-smen} underscores an ongoing status rather than a one-time act of witnessing. In translation, the formal rendering preserves the marked fronting (“This Jesus God has raised up”) and the relative clause, while the dynamic rendering makes the action explicit (“has raised this Jesus to life”) and slightly smooths word order to contemporary English norms, yet still maintains the logical progression from divine act to corporate testimony.
In context — Acts 2:32
This Jesus God has raised up, of whom all we are witnesses.
About this coordinate
Acts 2:32:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Acts 2:32, so the Greek word ἐσμεν (esmen) 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.2.32.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.2.32.W10.S1) and character.