ὁ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ὁ

   ho

   the one who
2. clause🔊 διὰ τοῦτο ὁ ⸀παραδούς μέ σοι μείζονα ἁμαρτίαν ἔχει.

   di-A TOU-to ho pa-ra-DOUS ME soi MEI-zo-na ha-mar-TI-an E-khei

   because of this the one who handed over me to you {He} has greater sin
3. sentence🔊 ἀπεκρίθη ⸀αὐτῷ Ἰησοῦς· Οὐκ εἶχες ἐξουσίαν ⸂κατʼ ἐμοῦ οὐδεμίαν⸃ εἰ μὴ ἦν ⸂δεδομένον σοι⸃ ἄνωθεν· διὰ τοῦτο ὁ ⸀παραδούς μέ σοι μείζονα ἁμαρτίαν ἔχει.

   a-pe-KRI-thê au-TO ee-ay-SOOS ouk EI-khes ek-sou-SI-an kat e-MOU ou-de-MI-an ei MÊ ÊN de-do-ME-non soi A-nō-then di-A TOU-to ho pa-ra-DOUS ME soi MEI-zo-na ha-mar-TI-an E-khei

   Jesus {He} answered to him you had not none authority over me if not was given to you from above because of this the one who handed over me to you {He} has greater sin

Exegesis

The nominative ho paradous {ὁ παραδούς | ho pa-ra-doús} is a substantival participle, “the one who delivered over,” serving as subject of echei {ἔχει | é-khei} ‘has’ in the clause ho paradous me soi meizona hamartian echei {ὁ παραδούς μέ σοι μείζονα ἁμαρτίαν ἔχει | ho pa-ra-doús mé soi meí-zo-na ha-mar-tí-an é-khei}. The comparative adjective meizona governs hamartian, creating a graded evaluation of guilt. English renderings preserve the logical flow by reflecting the conditional structure (“You would have no authority … unless it had been given…”) and by turning the participial ho paradous into a relative clause (“the one who handed Me over”) to maintain clarity while retaining the comparative “greater sin” for doctrinal precision.

Root and etymology

exesti🔊 ἔξεστιepsilon–xi–epsilon–sigma–tau–iota

“capability, right to act”

• 🔊 ἔξεστιexestiit is lawful, it is permittedActs 2:29