Acts 23:3:26Acts.23.3.W26TAB
τύπτεσθαι
typtesthai
“to be struck”
- Transliteration
- TYP-tes-thai
- Extended
- TÜP-tehs-thai
- IPA
- /ˈtyp.tes.tʰai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to be struck
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Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
TYP-tes-thai
- sentence
TO-te ho PAU-los pros au-TON EI-pen TYP-tein se MEL-lei ho the-OS TOI-khe ke-ko-ni-a-ME-ne kai sy KA-thêi KRI-nōn me ka-TA ton NO-mon kai pa-ra-no-MŌN ke-LEU-eis me TYP-tes-thai
Exegesis
The final clause keleueis me typtesthai {κελεύεις με τύπτεσθαι | ke-leú-eis me týp-te-sthai} uses an object complement structure: the finite verb “you command” takes the pronoun me as object and the passive infinitive typtesthai {τύπτεσθαι | týp-te-sthai} as the content of the command, providing concrete evidence of the unlawful behavior. The English translations preserve the fronted vocative for rhetorical force and render the participles krinōn and paranomōn as finite or subordinate clauses to maintain natural flow while retaining the contrast between judging “according to the law” and at the same time violating it.
In context — Acts 23:3
Then Paul said to him, “God is about to strike you, you whitewashed wall . You are sitting to judge me according to the law, and while breaking the law you command me to be struck.”
About this coordinate
Acts 23:3:26 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 26 of Acts 23:3, so the Greek word τύπτεσθαι (typtesthai) 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.23.3.W26, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.23.3.W26.S1) and character.