John 20:8:14John.20.8.W14TAB
καὶ
kai
“and”
- Transliteration
- KAI
- Extended
- kai
- IPA
- /ˈkai/
Meaning by language
- English
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Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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KAI
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KAI EI-den KAI e-PI-steu-sen
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TO-te OON ei-SÊL-then KAI ho AL-los ma-thê-TÊS ho el-THÔN PRÔ-tos eis to mnê-MEI-on KAI EI-den KAI e-PI-steu-sen
Exegesis
kai eiden kai episteusen {εἰσῆλθεν … καὶ εἶδεν καὶ ἐπίστευσεν | ei-sêl-then … kaí eî-den kaí e-pís-teu-sen}, presenting entry, seeing, and believing as distinct, completed narrative steps.
The repeated kai {καὶ | kaí} ‘and’ creates a stepwise progression that climaxes in episteusen ‘he believed’, indicating that the act of seeing the state of the tomb led to an act of faith. In translation, the participial construction ho elthon protos is rendered as a relative clause (“who had come first”) to preserve its defining force while keeping English syntax smooth, and each kai is retained to mirror the deliberate narrative pacing.
In context — John 20:8
Then therefore the other disciple , who had come first to the tomb, also entered; and he saw and believed .
About this coordinate
John 20:8:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of John 20:8, so the Greek word καὶ (kai) 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.20.8.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (John.20.8.W14.S1) and character.