καὶ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 καὶ

   kai

   and
2. sentence🔊 Γνοὺς δὲ ὁ Παῦλος ὅτι τὸ ἓν μέρος ἐστὶν Σαδδουκαίων τὸ δὲ ἕτερον Φαρισαίων ἔκραζεν ἐν τῷ συνεδρίῳ Ἄνδρες ἀδελφοί ἐγὼ Φαρισαῖός εἰμι υἱὸς Φαρισαίων περὶ ἐλπίδος καὶ ἀναστάσεως νεκρῶν ἐγὼ κρίνομαι

   gnoUS de ho PAU-los HO-ti to HEN ME-ros es-TIN sad-dou-kai-ON to de HE-te-ron pha-ri-sai-ON E-kra-dzen en tôi sy-ne-DRI-ôi AN-dres a-del-PHOI e-GÔ pha-ri-sa-OS EI-mi hy-OS pha-ri-sai-ON pe-RI el-PI-dos kai a-na-STA-se-ôs ne-KRÔN e-GÔ KRI-no-mai

   Having learned and the Paul that the one part is of Sadducees the but other of Pharisees he was crying out in the council Men brothers I a Pharisee I am son of Pharisees concerning of hope and of resurrection of dead I am judged

Exegesis

The final clause peri elpidos kai anastaseos nekron ego krinomai {περὶ ἐλπίδος καὶ ἀναστάσεως νεκρῶν ἐγὼ κρίνομαι | perì el-pí-dos kai a-na-stá-se-ōs ne-krôn egṑ krí-no-mai} front-loads the peri phrase, giving “hope and resurrection of the dead” thematic prominence as the real issue at stake. The middle-passive krinomai presents Paul as the one undergoing judgment rather than actively judging, reinforcing his status as defendant. The English renderings preserve the contrast between the two parties, maintain Paul’s emphatic first-person declarations, and reflect the fronted prepositional phrase by clearly marking “hope and resurrection of the dead” as the reason for his trial.