τὸ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 τὸ

   to

   the
2. sentence🔊 Καὶ μετὰ τὸ παραδοθῆναι τὸν Ἰωάννην ἦλθεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἰς τὴν Γαλιλαίαν κηρύσσων τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τοῦ θεοῦ

   KAI me-TA to pa-ra-do-THEE-nai ton i-o-AN-nēn ÊL-then ho ee-ay-SOOS eis tēn ga-li-la-I-an kē-RYS-sōn to eu-an-GE-li-on tou the-OU

   and after the to be handed over the John came the Jesus into the Galilee proclaiming the good news of the God

Exegesis

The temporal prepositional phrase meta to paradothēnai ton Iōannēn {μετὰ τὸ παραδοθῆναι τὸν Ἰωάννην | metà tò paradothḗnai tòn Iōánnēn} functions adverbially, with the preposition meta governing the articular infinitive to paradothēnai {τὸ παραδοθῆναι | tò paradothḗnai} to express a time “after” the completed event of John’s being handed over. The aorist passive infinitive presents John’s arrest as a singular, whole action that provides the temporal backdrop for what follows.

The direct object of this participial action is to euangelion tou theou {τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τοῦ θεοῦ | tò euangélion toû theoû}, where the articular noun euangelion is modified by the genitive tou theou, indicating possession or source: it is the good news that comes from God or belongs to God. In translation, the temporal articular infinitive construction is rendered with the clause “after John was handed over/arrested” to preserve the timing. The circumstantial participle is expressed as a concurrent finite verbal idea (“preaching,” “began announcing”) to reflect its ongoing aspect while keeping English idiom natural, and the genitive tou theou is maintained as “of God” to preserve the theological nuance of divine origin.

Root and etymology

chrio🔊 χρίωchi–rho–iota–omega

“to anoint”

• 🔊 χρίσμαchrismaanointing1 John 2:27