Mark 10:39:3Mark.10.39.W3TAB
εἶπαν
eipan
“they said”
- Transliteration
- EI-pan
- Extended
- EI-pan
- IPA
- /ˈei.pan/
Meaning by language
- English
- they said
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
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EI-pan
- sentence
hoi de EI-pan au-TOI dy-NA-me-tha ho de ee-ay-SOOS EI-pen au-TOIS to po-TE-ri-on ho e-GŌ PI-nō PI-es-the KAI to BA-ptis-ma ho e-GŌ bap-TI-dzo-mai bap-tis-THĒ-se-s-the
Exegesis
The aorist verb eipan {εἶπαν | eîpan} ‘they said’ governs the dative pronoun auto {αὐτῷ | autō} ‘to Him’, followed by the present middle indicative dunametha {Δυνάμεθα | dunamé-tha} ‘we are able’, which presents their self-assessment as a current, ongoing stance.
In context — Mark 10:39
And they said to Him, “We are able.” But Jesus said to them, “The cup which I drink, you will drink; and the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized.”
About this coordinate
Mark 10:39:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Mark 10:39, so the Greek word εἶπαν (eipan) 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.10.39.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.10.39.W3.S1) and character.