κάλλιον

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 κάλλιον

   KAL-li-on

   better
2. sentence🔊 εἶπεν δὲ ὁ Παῦλος Ἐπὶ τοῦ βήματος Καίσαρος ἑστώς εἰμι οὗ με δεῖ κρίνεσθαι Ἰουδαίους οὐδὲν ἠδίκησα ὡς καὶ σὺ κάλλιον ἐπιγινώσκεις

   EI-pen de ho PAU-los e-PI tou BÊ-ma-tos KAI-sa-ros he-STÔS EI-mi hou me DEI KRI-nes-thai i-ou-DAI-ous ou-DEN ê-DI-kê-sa hôs kai sy KAL-li-on e-pi-gi-NÔS-keis

   said but the Paul before the tribunal of Caesar standing I am where me it is necessary to be tried Jews nothing I did wrong as also you better you know

Exegesis

The final clause hōs kai sy kallion epiginōskeis {ὡς καὶ σὺ κάλλιον ἐπιγινώσκεις | hōs kaí sy kál-li-on e-pi-gi-nṓ-skeis} functions as a comparative assertion appealing to the governor’s knowledge. The particle hōs introduces the comparison ‘as’, and kai sy gives emphatic focus to ‘you yourself’. The comparative adverb kallion ‘better’ modifies epiginōskeis, which denotes thorough or accurate knowledge, so that the entire phrase underscores that the governor is even more aware than others of Paul’s innocence. In translation, the formal version retains the explicit judicial language and relative structure (“where I ought to be judged”), while the dynamic rendering slightly modernizes legal terminology (“court,” “tried”) and unpacks the comparative nuance (“you know this very well”) to maintain clarity and rhetorical force.