Luke 18:32:10Luke.18.32.W10TAB
ἐμπτυσθήσεται
emptystheesetai
“will be spit upon”
- Transliteration
- em-ptyS-THEE-se-tai
- Extended
- ehm-ptyhs-THEE-seh-tai
- IPA
- /em.ptyˈstʰɛː.se.tai/
Meaning by language
- English
- will be spit upon
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
em-ptyS-THEE-se-tai
- sentence
pa-ra-do-THEE-se-tai gar tois E-thne-sin KAI em-pai-khTHEE-se-tai KAI hy-bris-THEE-se-tai KAI em-ptyS-THEE-se-tai
Exegesis
A coordinated chain of future passive indicative verbs—empaichthēsetai {ἐμπαιχθήσεται | empaichthḗsetai} ‘he will be mocked,’ hybristēsetai {ὑβρισθήσεται | hybristḗsetai} ‘he will be insulted,’ emptusthēsetai {ἐμπτυσθήσεται | emptusthḗsetai} ‘he will be spat upon’—each linked by kai {καὶ | kaí} ‘and,’ creates a rhythmic escalation of abuse. The repeated passive forms keep the focus on the suffering of the implied subject rather than on the agents, which is preserved in English by maintaining passive constructions in the formal rendering. In the dynamic rendering, the implicit agents are made explicit (“they will mock Him”) to clarify that the Gentiles are performing these actions, while still reflecting the same sequence and cumulative force of humiliation present in the Greek syntax.
In context — Luke 18:32
For He will be delivered to the Gentiles and will be mocked and will be insulted and will be spat upon.
About this coordinate
Luke 18:32:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Luke 18:32, so the Greek word ἐμπτυσθήσεται (emptystheesetai) 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 Luke.18.32.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.18.32.W10.S1) and character.