John 19:11:22John.19.11.W22TAB
μείζονα
meizona
“greater”
- Transliteration
- MEI-zo-na
- Extended
- MEI-zoh-nah
- IPA
- /ˈmiː.zɔ.na/
Meaning by language
- English
- greater
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Zeta | z — as in daze | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
MEI-zo-na
- clause
di-A TOU-to ho pa-ra-DOUS ME soi MEI-zo-na ha-mar-TI-an E-khei
- sentence
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
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.
In context — John 19:11
Jesus answered him, “You would have no authority against Me at all unless it had been given to you from above; because of this, the one who handed Me over to you has the greater sin.”
About this coordinate
John 19:11:22 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 22 of John 19:11, so the Greek word μείζονα (meizona) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written John.19.11.W22, which extends further down to each syllable (John.19.11.W22.S1) and character.