Acts 22:25:19Acts.22.25.W19TAB
ἔξεστιν
eksestin
“is lawful”
- Transliteration
- EK-se-stin
- Extended
- EK-sehs-tin
- IPA
- /ˈek.se.stin/
Meaning by language
- English
- is lawful
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Xi | x — as in axiom (ks) | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
EK-se-stin
- sentence
hôs de pro-E-tei-nan au-TON tois hi-MA-sin EI-pen pros ton he-STÔ-ta he-ka-TO-n-tar-khon ho PAU-los ei AN-thrô-pon rhô-mai-ON kai a-ka-TA-kri-ton EK-se-stin hy-MIN mas-TI-dzei(n)
Exegesis
The impersonal verb é xestin {ἔξεστιν | éxestin} ‘it is lawful’ with the dative pronoun hū-mîn {ὑμῖν | hū-mîn} ‘for you’ frames mastízein {μαστίζειν | mastízein} ‘to scourge’ as a matter of legal right. This structure underscores the illegitimacy of flogging an uncondemned Roman by layering descriptive modifiers before the legal declaration.
In context — Acts 22:25
But when they had stretched him out with the straps, Paul said to the centurion who was standing by, “Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman and uncondemned ?”
About this coordinate
Acts 22:25:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Acts 22:25, so the Greek word ἔξεστιν (eksestin) 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.22.25.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.22.25.W19.S1) and character.