τοὺς

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 τοὺς

   tous

   the
2. sentence🔊 καὶ ἐλθὼν πρὸς ἡμᾶς καὶ ἄρας τὴν ζώνην τοῦ Παύλου δήσας ἑαυτοῦ τοὺς πόδας καὶ τὰς χεῖρας εἶπεν Τάδε λέγει τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον Τὸν ἄνδρα οὗ ἐστιν ἡ ζώνη αὕτη οὕτως δήσουσιν ἐν Ἰερουσαλὴμ οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι καὶ παραδώσουσιν εἰς χεῖρας ἐθνῶν

   kai el-THON pros hê-MAS kai A-ras tên ZÔ-nên tou PAU-lou DÊ-sas he-au-TOU tous PO-das kai tas KHEI-ras EI-pen TA-de LE-gei to PNEU-ma to HA-gi-on ton AN-dra hou es-tin hê ZÔ-nê HAU-tê HOU-tôs DÊ-sou-sin en ie-rou-sa-LÊM hoi i-ou-dai-OI kai pa-ra-DÔ-sou-sin eis KHEI-ras e-THNÔN

   and having come to us and having taken up the belt of Paul having bound of himself the feet and the hands said These things says the Spirit the holy the man whose is the belt this thus they will bind in Jerusalem the Jews and they will hand over into hands of Gentiles

Exegesis

Direct discourse is introduced by the demonstrative Tade legei {Τάδε λέγει | Tá-de lé-gei} ‘Thus says,’ a formula that confers divine authority, followed by the nominative phrase to pneuma to hagion {τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον | tò pnéu-ma tò há-gi-on} as the speaking agent.

The relative clause ton andra hou estin he zone haute {Τὸν ἄνδρα οὗ ἐστιν ἡ ζώνη αὕτη | Tòn án-dra hoû é-stin hē zṓ-nē haú-tē} identifies the subject by the possession of the belt, using the genitive relative pronoun hou.