Ἰησοῦς

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 Ἰησοῦς

   ee-ay-SOOS

   Jesus
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 ⸀Ἐπιστραφεὶς ὁ Πέτρος βλέπει τὸν μαθητὴν ὃν ἠγάπα ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἀκολουθοῦντα,

   e-pi-stra-PHEIS ho PE-tros BLE-pei TON ma-thê-TÊN HON ê-GA-pa ho ee-ay-SOOS a-ko-lou-THOUN-ta

   having turned {the} Peter {He} sees the disciple whom {He} loved {the} Jesus following
3. clause🔊 ⸀Ἐπιστραφεὶς ὁ Πέτρος βλέπει τὸν μαθητὴν ὃν ἠγάπα ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἀκολουθοῦντα, ὃς καὶ ἀνέπεσεν ἐν τῷ δείπνῳ ἐπὶ τὸ στῆθος αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπεν·

   e-pi-stra-PHEIS ho PE-tros BLE-pei TON ma-thê-TÊN HON ê-GA-pa ho ee-ay-SOOS a-ko-lou-THOUN-ta HOS KAI a-NE-pe-sen en TOI DEIP-nôi e-PI TO STÊ-thos au-TOU KAI EI-pen

   having turned {the} Peter {He} sees the disciple whom {He} loved {the} Jesus following who also reclined in the supper on the chest his and said
4. sentence🔊 ⸀Ἐπιστραφεὶς ὁ Πέτρος βλέπει τὸν μαθητὴν ὃν ἠγάπα ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἀκολουθοῦντα, ὃς καὶ ἀνέπεσεν ἐν τῷ δείπνῳ ἐπὶ τὸ στῆθος αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπεν· Κύριε, τίς ἐστιν ὁ παραδιδούς σε;

   e-pi-stra-PHEIS ho PE-tros BLE-pei TON ma-thê-TÊN HON ê-GA-pa ho ee-ay-SOOS a-ko-lou-THOUN-ta HOS KAI a-NE-pe-sen en TOI DEIP-nôi e-PI TO STÊ-thos au-TOU KAI EI-pen KY-ree-e TIS es-TIN ho pa-ra-di-DOUS se

   having turned {the} Peter {He} sees the disciple whom {He} loved {the} Jesus following who also reclined in the supper on the chest his and said Lord who is the one who is betraying you

Exegesis

The object ton matheten {τὸν μαθητὴν | tón mathētēn} ‘the disciple’ is then identified by the relative clause hon ēgapa ho Iesous {ὃν ἠγάπα ὁ Ἰησοῦς | hon ēgápa ho Iēsoûs} ‘whom Jesus loved’; the imperfect ēgapa suggests an ongoing pattern of love rather than a single moment.

Root and etymology

Iēsous🔊 Ἰησοῦςiota–eta–sigma–omicron–upsilon–sigma

“Yahweh is salvation; Yahweh saves”