Mark 12:24:16Mark.12.24.W16TAB
τοῦ
tou
“of the”
- Transliteration
- tou
- Extended
- too
- IPA
- /tuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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tou
- sentence
E-phê au-TOIS ho ee-ay-SOOS ou di-A TOU-to pla-NAS-the mê ei-DO-tes tas gra-PHAS mê-DE tên DY-na-min tou the-OU
Exegesis
This participle governs a compound object: tas graphas {τὰς γραφὰς | tàs gra-phás} ‘the Scriptures’ and tēn dynamin tou theou {τὴν δύναμιν τοῦ θεοῦ | tḕn dý-na-min toû the-oû} ‘the power of God’, joined by mēde {μηδὲ | mē-dé} ‘nor’. The parallel structure of ‘the Scriptures’ and ‘the power of God’ emphasizes that both textual understanding and recognition of divine power are necessary and that a deficit in either contributes to their theological error. In translation, the rhetorical Greek question is rendered in the formal version as an explicit question (“Are you not mistaken...”), preserving the confrontational nuance, while the dynamic version brings out the same force with a direct assertion (“You are in error...”), making the causal relationship (“because you do not understand...”) clear and smooth in contemporary English.
The genitive tou theou {τοῦ θεοῦ | toû the-oû} is kept as “of God” to maintain the close association between divine identity and divine power.
In context — Mark 12:24
Jesus said to them, “Are you not mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures nor the power of God ?”
About this coordinate
Mark 12:24:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Mark 12:24, so the Greek word τοῦ (tou) 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.12.24.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.12.24.W16.S1) and character.