τῷ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 τῷ

   TÔI

   the
2. clause🔊 Οὕτως ἀποκρίνῃ τῷ ἀρχιερεῖ;

   HOU-tôs a-po-KRÊ-nêi TÔI ar-khi-e-REI

   thus do you answer the high priest
3. sentence🔊 ταῦτα δὲ αὐτοῦ εἰπόντος εἷς ⸂παρεστηκὼς τῶν ὑπηρετῶν⸃ ἔδωκεν ῥάπισμα τῷ Ἰησοῦ εἰπών· Οὕτως ἀποκρίνῃ τῷ ἀρχιερεῖ;

   TAU-ta DE au-TOU ei-PON-tos HEIS pa-re-stÊ-KÔS tôn hy-pê-re-TÔN E-dÔ-ken RHA-pis-ma TÔI ee-ay-SOO ei-PÔN HOU-tôs a-po-KRÊ-nêi TÔI ar-khi-e-REI

   and his having said these things one of the officers standing by gave to {the} Jesus a slap saying thus do you answer the high priest

Exegesis

The narrative core is carried by edōken rhapisma {ἔδωκεν ῥάπισμα | é-dō-ken rhá-pis-ma} ‘gave a slap,’ with the dative tō Iēsou {τῷ Ἰησοῦ | tō Iē-soû} marking the target of the violence.

Inside the quotation, houtōs {Οὕτως | Hoû-tōs} ‘thus, in this way’ is placed first for emphasis, foregrounding the manner of the offense before the challenge apokrinē tō archierei {ἀποκρίνῃ τῷ ἀρχιερεῖ | a-po-krí-nē tō ar-khi-e-reî} ‘do you answer the high priest.’ English rendering therefore turns the participial chain into a natural temporal clause and a reporting clause while preserving the abrupt escalation from speech to physical contempt.

Root and etymology

pipto🔊 πίπτωpi iota pi tau omega

“to fall, collapse”

• 🔊 πεσώνpesōnhaving fallenActs 20:9
• 🔊 προσπίπτωprospíptōto fall beforeMark 5:22