Luke 22:7:8Luke.22.7.W8TAB
ἔδει
edei
“it was necessary”
- Transliteration
- E-dei
- Extended
- EH-dei
- IPA
- /ˈe.dei/
Meaning by language
- English
- it was necessary
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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E-dei
- sentence
ÊL-then de hê hê-ME-ra tôn a-ZY-mōn hê E-dei THY-e-sthai to PA-skha
Exegesis
Within this relative clause, the impersonal verb edei {ἔδει | É-dei} ‘it was necessary’ governs the complementary infinitive thuesthai {θύεσθαι | THÚ-es-thai} ‘to be sacrificed’, with to pascha {τὸ πάσχα | to PÁS-kha} as the accusative subject of the infinitive. This impersonal construction expresses a strong sense of obligation grounded in established regulation, here the Passover legislation. English reproduces the Greek structure with a main clause (“Then the day … came/arrived”) followed by a temporal relative clause (“on which/when it was necessary …”), preserving both the temporal precision and the sense of required ritual action.
In context — Luke 22:7
Then the day of Unleavened Bread came, on which it was necessary for the Passover to be sacrificed.
About this coordinate
Luke 22:7:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Luke 22:7, so the Greek word ἔδει (edei) 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.22.7.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.22.7.W8.S1) and character.