τε

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 τε

   te

   and
2. sentence🔊 ὃ καὶ ἐποίησα ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις καὶ πολλούς τε τῶν ἁγίων ἐγὼ ἐν φυλακαῖς κατέκλεισα τὴν παρὰ τῶν ἀρχιερέων ἐξουσίαν λαβών ἀναιρουμένων τε αὐτῶν κατήνεγκα ψῆφον

   ho KAI e-POI-e-sa en hi-e-ro-so-LY-mois KAI pol-LOUS te tôn ha-GI-ōn e-GÔ en phy-la-KAIS ka-TE-klei-sa tēn pa-RA tôn ar-khi-e-RE-ōn ek-sou-SI-an la-BŌN a-nai-rou-ME-nōn te au-TÔN ka-TÊ-nen-gka PSÊ-phon

   which also I did in in Jerusalem and many and of the saints I in prisons I shut up the from the chief priests authority having received being put to death and of them I brought a vote

Exegesis

The sequence kai pollous te ton hagion ego en phylakais katekleisa {καὶ πολλούς τε τῶν ἁγίων ἐγὼ ἐν φυλακαῖς κατέκλεισα | kaì polloús te tôn hagíōn egṓ en phylakaîs katékleisa} places pollous “many” before the genitive ton hagion “of the saints” for emphasis on the number, while the explicit ego highlights Paul’s personal responsibility. The main finite verb katekleisa gathers the preceding elements into the primary assertion: he imprisoned many holy ones.

The final segment anairoumenon te auton katenenka psephon {ἀναιρουμένων τε αὐτῶν κατήνεγκα ψῆφον | anairouménōn te autôn katḗnenka psêphon} combines a genitive absolute (anairoumenon te auton) “while they were being put to death” with the aorist katenenka “I cast,” portraying Paul’s vote as concurrent with, and morally complicit in, their executions. The noun psephon, literally a “pebble,” evokes formal judicial procedures where stones signified verdicts, so the syntax moves from imprisonment to authorized action to full legal participation in capital punishment.

Root and etymology

stello🔊 στέλλωsigma–tau–epsilon–lambda–lambda–omega

“to send, dispatch”

• 🔊 ἀπόστολοςapostolosapostle, sent oneRomans 1:1