τῶν

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 τῶν

   TÔN

   of the
2. sentence🔊 Ἐγένετο δὲ μετὰ ἡμέρας τρεῖς συγκαλέσασθαι αὐτὸν τοὺς ὄντας τῶν Ἰουδαίων πρῶτους συνελθόντων δὲ αὐτῶν ἔλεγεν πρὸς αὐτούς Ἐγώ ἄνδρες ἀδελφοί οὐδὲν ἐναντίον ποιήσας τῷ λαῷ ἢ τοῖς ἔθεσι τοῖς πατρῴοις δέσμιος ἐξ Ἱεροσολύμων παρεδόθην εἰς τὰς χεῖρας τῶν Ῥωμαίων

   E-ge-ne-to DE me-TA hê-ME-ras TREIS syn-ga-LE-sa-sthai au-TON TOUS ON-tas TÔN i-ou-dai-ÔN PRÔ-tous syn-el-THON-tôn DE au-TÔN E-le-gen pros au-TOUS e-GÔ AN-dres a-del-PHOI ou-DEN e-nan-TI-on poi-Ê-sas tôi la-ÔI ê tois E-the-si tois pa-TRÔ-ois DEs-mi-os eks hi-e-ro-so-LY-môn pa-re-DO-thên eis tas KHEI-ras TÔN rhō-mai-ÔN

   It happened and after days three to call together him the who were of the Jews first having come together and of them he was saying to them I men brothers nothing against having done to the people or the customs the ancestral a prisoner from Jerusalem I was delivered into the hands of the Romans

Exegesis

This is followed by the aorist middle infinitive sygkalesasthai {συγκαλέσασθαι | sygkalésasthai} in the clause sygkalesasthai auton tous ontas tōn Ioudaiōn prōtous {συγκαλέσασθαι αὐτὸν τοὺς ὄντας τῶν Ἰουδαίων πρώτους | sygkalésasthai autòn toùs óntas tôn Ioudaíōn prṓtous}, an epexegetical infinitive that explains what “happened.” The accusative subject of the infinitive, tous ontas tōn Ioudaiōn prōtous, identifies “those who were first among the Jews,” that is, the leading Jewish figures.

The final prepositional phrase eis tas kheiras tōn Rhōmaiōn {εἰς τὰς χεῖρας τῶν Ῥωμαίων | eis tàs kheîras tôn Rhōmaíōn} uses the idiom “into the hands of” to convey legal custody and brings the focus to Roman jurisdiction. In translation, the infinitival clause is rendered with a finite verb clause in English (“he called together”) for naturalness, while the parallel denials and the climactic passive “was delivered” are preserved to keep the legal and rhetorical force of Paul’s defense.

Root and etymology

antilegō🔊 ἀντιλέγωalpha–nu–tau–iota–lambda–epsilon–gamma–omega

“to speak against, contradict”

• 🔊 ἀντιλέγωantilegōto oppose, contradictLuke 2:34