εἰσιν

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 εἰσιν

   EI-sin

   they are
2. sentence🔊 σὺ οὖν μὴ πεισθῇς αὐτοῖς ἐνεδρεύουσιν γὰρ αὐτὸν ἐξ αὐτῶν ἄνδρες πλείους τεσσεράκοντα οἵτινες ἀνεθεμάτισαν ἑαυτοὺς μήτε φαγεῖν μήτε πιεῖν ἕως οὗ ἀνέλωσιν αὐτόν καὶ νῦν εἰσιν ἕτοιμοι προσδεχόμενοι τὴν ἀπὸ σοῦ ἐπαγγελίαν

   sy oun MÊ peis-THÊS au-TOIS e-ne-DREU-ou-sin gar au-TON eks au-TÔN AN-dres PLEI-ous te-se-RA-kon-ta HOI-ti-nes a-ne-the-MA-ti-san he-au-TOUS MÊ-te pha-GEIN MÊ-te pi-EIN HE-ōs hou a-NE-lō-sin au-TON kai NYN EI-sin HE-toi-moi pros-de-KHO-me-noi tên a-PO sou e-paŋ-ge-LI-an

   you therefore not be persuaded by them are lying in wait for him from of them men more forty who bound under an oath themselves neither to eat nor to drink until when they kill him and now they are ready waiting for the from your promise

Exegesis

The closing segment kai nun eisin hetoimoi prosdechomenoi tēn apo sou epangelian {καὶ νῦν εἰσιν ἕτοιμοι προσδεχόμενοι τὴν ἀπὸ σοῦ ἐπαγγελίαν | kaì nûn eisin hétoimoi prosdechómenoi tḕn apò soû epangelían} combines the finite verb eisin with the participle prosdechomenoi, presenting a state of readiness plus an ongoing expectation, with tēn apo sou epangelian as the object of that expectation—a specific “promise” or official response from the addressee. The English renderings preserve this structure by maintaining the prohibition at the front, keeping the explanatory “for” clause intact, and translating the participial construction as “are ready, awaiting,” which mirrors the Greek aspectual nuance while remaining idiomatic.