Mark 10:38:23Mark.10.38.W23TAB
βαπτισθῆναι
baptisthênai
“to be baptized”
- Transliteration
- bap-tis-THÊ-nai
- Extended
- bahp-tihs-THÊ-nai
- IPA
- /bap.tisˈtʰɛː.nai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to be baptized
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
bap-tis-THÊ-nai
- sentence
ho de ee-ay-SOOS EI-pen au-TOIS ouk OI-da-te TEE ai-TEIS-the DY-na-sthe pi-EIN to po-TE-ree-on ho e-GO PI-nô ê to BA-ptis-ma ho e-GO bap-TI-dzo-mai bap-tis-THÊ-nai
Exegesis
A second question begins with the middle/passive verb dunasthe {δύνασθε | dô-nas-the} ‘are you able,’ which governs two parallel infinitival constructions: piein {πιεῖν | pi-eîn} ‘to drink’ and baptisthenai {βαπτισθῆναι | bap-tis-thḗ-nai} ‘to be baptized.’
In context — Mark 10:38
But Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?”
About this coordinate
Mark 10:38:23 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 23 of Mark 10:38, so the Greek word βαπτισθῆναι (baptisthênai) 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.10.38.W23, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.10.38.W23.S1) and character.