Mark 10:27:16Mark.10.27.W16TAB
παρὰ
para
“with”
- Transliteration
- pa-RA
- Extended
- pah-RAH
- IPA
- /paˈra/
Meaning by language
- English
- with
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
pa-RA
- sentence
em-BLE-psas au-TOIS ho ee-ay-SOOS LE-gei pa-RA an-THRÔ-pois a-DY-na-ton al ou pa-RA the-Ô PAN-ta gar dy-na-TA pa-RA tôi the-Ô
Exegesis
The first prepositional phrase Para anthropois {Παρὰ ἀνθρώποις | Pará anthrṓ-pois} introduces the human sphere, with the dative plural marking the realm “with people” in which the neuter predicate adynaton {ἀδύνατον | a-dý-na-ton} “impossible” holds.
The adversative sequence allʼ ou {ἀλλʼ οὐ | all' ou} contrasts this with the following clause, which repeats the preposition with a new complement: para theō {παρὰ θεῷ | pará theō̂} “with God,” shifting the frame from human limitation to divine capability.
The clause panta gar dynata {πάντα γὰρ δυνατὰ | pán-ta gár dy-na-tá} is a nominal sentence with an implied copula (“for all things are possible”), where panta functions as the subject and dynata as the predicate adjective, and the final prepositional phrase para tō theō {παρὰ τῷ θεῷ | pará tôi theō̂} specifies that this universal possibility is located “with God.” The repetition of para + dative with contrasting objects (anthropois / theō, tō theō) creates a clear rhetorical antithesis between human inability and divine omnipotence, which is preserved in translation by consistently rendering para as “with.”
Root and etymology
Rootdelta–iota–delta–omega–mu–iota
“to give, to hand over”
In context — Mark 10:27
Having looked at them, Jesus says, “With men it is impossible , but not with God ; for with God all things are possible.”
About this coordinate
Mark 10:27:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Mark 10:27, so the Greek word παρὰ (para) 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 Mark.10.27.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.10.27.W16.S1) and character.