ἀπὸ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ἀπὸ

   a-po

   from
2. sentence🔊 Ταξάμενοι δὲ αὐτοῖς ἡμέραν ἧκον πρὸς αὐτὸν εἰς τὴν ξενίαν πλείονες οἷς ἐξετίθετο διαμαρτυρόμενος τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ πείθων τε αὐτοὺς περὶ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ ἀπό τε τοῦ νόμου Μωϋσέως καὶ τῶν προφητῶν ἀπὸ πρωΐ ἕως ἑσπέρας.

   ta-KSA-me-noi de au-TOIS hê-ME-ran HÊ-kon pros au-TON eis tên kse-NI-an PLEI-o-nes hois ek-se-TI-the-to di-a-mar-ty-RO-me-nos tên ba-si-LEI-an tou the-OU PEI-thōn te au-TOUS pe-RI tou ee-ay-SOO a-PO te tou NO-mou mō-y-see-OS kai tôn pro-phê-TÔN a-po prō-I HE-ōs hes-PE-ras

   Having arranged and for him a day they came to him into the lodging in greater numbers to whom he was explaining testifying the kingdom of the God persuading also them concerning the Jesus from both the law of Moses and of the prophets from morning until evening

Exegesis

The construction apo te tou nomou Mōuseōs kai tōn prophētōn {ἀπό τε τοῦ νόμου Μωϋσέως καὶ τῶν προφητῶν | a-PO te tou NO-mou MŌ-ü-SÉ-ōs kai TŌN pro-phē-TŌN} uses apo with both “the Law” and “the Prophets” joined by te … kai to show that his arguments draw comprehensively from the whole scriptural corpus.

Finally, the temporal frame apo prōi heōs hesperas {ἀπὸ πρωῒ ἕως ἑσπέρας | a-PO PRŌ-ï HE-ōs he-SPE-ras} underscores the intensive, day-long nature of this exposition. In English, the participial structure is rendered with temporal and progressive clauses (“After they had set a day,” “he was explaining and solemnly testifying”), preserving both the sequence of events and the sustained effort of Paul’s teaching and persuasion.

Root and etymology

apotinasso🔊 ἀποτινάσσωalpha–pi–omicron–tau–iota–nu–alpha–sigma–sigma–omega

“to shake off completely”

• 🔊 τινάσσωtau–iota–nu–alpha–sigma–sigma–omegato shakeLuke 9:5