τοῦ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 τοῦ

   tou

   the
2. sentence🔊 πάντες γὰρ οὗτοι ἐκ τοῦ περισσεύοντος αὐτοῖς ἔβαλον εἰς τὰ δῶρα αὕτη δὲ ἐκ τοῦ ὑστερήματος αὐτῆς πάντα τὸν βίον ὃν εἶχεν ἔβαλεν

   PAN-tes gar HOU-toi ek tou pe-ris-SEU-on-tos au-TOIS E-ba-lon eis ta DO-ra HAU-tê de ek tou hy-ste-RÊ-ma-tos au-TÊS PAN-ta ton BI-on hon EI-khen E-ba-len

   all for these out of the abundance to them they put into the gifts this {woman} but out of the poverty of her all the life which she had she put

Exegesis

The phrase ek tou perisseuontos autois {ἐκ τοῦ περισσεύοντος αὐτοῖς | ek toû pe-ris-seú-on-tos au-toîs} uses a substantival participle to describe the source of their giving as overflow rather than sacrifice.

The contrastive turn with haute de {αὕτη δὲ | haú-te de} narrows the focus to the solitary woman, and the mirrored phrase ek tou hysterematos autes {ἐκ τοῦ ὑστερήματος αὐτῆς | ek toû hy-ste-rḗ-ma-tos au-tês} reverses the source of giving from abundance to lack.