παραχρῆμα

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 παραχρῆμα

   pa-ra-KHRÊ-ma

   immediately
2. sentence🔊 Ἀκουόντων δὲ αὐτῶν ταῦτα προσθεὶς εἶπεν παραβολὴν διὰ τὸ ἐγγὺς εἶναι Ἰερουσαλὴμ αὐτὸν καὶ δοκεῖν αὐτοὺς ὅτι παραχρῆμα μέλλει ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ ἀναφαίνεσθαι

   a-kou-ON-tōn DE au-TŌN TAU-ta pros-THEIS EI-pen pa-ra-bo-LĒN di-A to en-GYS EI-nai ie-rou-sa-LĒM au-TON KAI do-KEIN au-TOUS HO-ti pa-ra-KHRÊ-ma MEL-lei hê ba-si-LEI-a tou the-OU a-na-PHAI-nes-thai

   While they were hearing and of them these things adding he said a parable because of the near to be Jerusalem him and to suppose them that immediately is about the kingdom of the God to appear

Exegesis

The coordinate infinitive clause kai dokein autous hoti mellei he basileia tou theou anaphainesthai {καὶ δοκεῖν αὐτοὺς ὅτι παραχρῆμα μέλλει ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ ἀναφαίνεσθαι | KAI do-KEIN au-TOUS HO-ti pa-ra-KHRE-ma MEL-lei HE ba-si-LEI-a TOU the-OU a-na-PHAIN-es-thai} adds their mistaken expectation that the kingdom of God was about to appear immediately. The adverb parachrema intensifies the sense of imminence conveyed by mellei plus infinitive. In translation, the genitive absolute is rendered as a temporal clause, the articular infinitive as a causal clause, and the infinitive dokein plus hoti-clause as their presumed belief, preserving the causal logic and highlighting the timing contrast.