τὸν

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 τὸν

   TON

   the
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 καὶ βαστάζων ⸂αὑτῷ τὸν σταυρὸν⸃ ἐξῆλθεν εἰς ⸀τὸν λεγόμενον Κρανίου Τόπον,

   KAI bas-TA-zôn hau-TO TON stau-RON ek-SÊL-then eis TON le-GO-me-non kra-NI-ou TO-pon

   and he went out bearing his own the cross to the place called of a skull
3. sentence🔊 καὶ βαστάζων ⸂αὑτῷ τὸν σταυρὸν⸃ ἐξῆλθεν εἰς ⸀τὸν λεγόμενον Κρανίου Τόπον, ⸀ὃ λέγεται Ἑβραϊστὶ Γολγοθᾶ,

   KAI bas-TA-zôn hau-TO TON stau-RON ek-SÊL-then eis TON le-GO-me-non kra-NI-ou TO-pon HO LE-ye-tai he-bra-is-TI gol-go-THA

   and he went out bearing his own the cross to the place called of a skull which in Hebrew is called Golgotha

Exegesis

The verse opens with the conjunction kai {καὶ | kaí}, linking this scene to the preceding narrative, followed by a circumstantial participial phrase bastazon hautō ton stauron {βαστάζων αὑτῷ τὸν σταυρὸν | bastázōn hautô ton staurón} that describes the manner in which the implicit subject (Jesus) proceeds.

The prepositional phrase eis ton legomenon kraniou topon {εἰς τὸν λεγόμενον Κρανίου Τόπον | eis tón legómenon Kraníou Tópon} expresses movement toward a destination; here the attributive participle legomenon {λεγόμενον | legómenon} modifies topon {Τόπον | Tópon} to mean “the place that is called ‘of a skull.’”

Root and etymology

lithos🔊 λίθοςlambda–iota–theta–omicron–sigma

“stone”