τὸ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 τὸ

   to

   the
2. sentence🔊 Καὶ τῇ πρώτῃ ἡμέρᾳ τῶν ἀζύμων ὅτε τὸ πάσχα ἔθυον λέγουσιν αὐτῷ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ Ποῦ θέλεις ἀπελθόντες ἑτοιμάσωμεν ἵνα φάγῃς τὸ πάσχα

   KAI tê PRO-tê hê-ME-ra tôn a-DZY-mon HO-te to PAS-kha E-thy-on LE-goo-sin au-TOI hoi ma-thê-TAI au-TOU POU THE-leis a-pel-THON-tes he-toi-MA-sō-men HI-na PHA-gês to PAS-kha

   and on the first day of the unleavened {bread} when the Passover they were sacrificing they say to him the disciples of him where do you want having gone we should prepare so that you may eat the Passover

Exegesis

The conjunction hote {ὅτε | hóte} introduces a temporal subordinate clause, hote to pascha ethyon {ὅτε τὸ πάσχα ἔθυον | hóte tó páscha éthyon}, in which the imperfect ethyon conveys repeated or customary action in past time, capturing the ongoing sacrificial practice, while to pascha functions as the object of the sacrificing.

The hortatory subjunctive hetoimasōmen {ἑτοιμάσωμεν | hetoimásōmen} expresses the disciples’ proposed action, while the hina-clause hina phagēs to pascha {ἵνα φάγῃς τὸ πάσχα | hína phágēs tó páscha} gives the purpose: that He might eat the Passover. In translation, the temporal and purpose relationships are preserved by rendering the participle with “after we go” and hina with “so that,” while the historical present legousin is conveyed as a simple past in English but retains its narrative immediacy through vivid wording.

Root and etymology

hetoimos🔊 ἕτοιμοςepsilon–tau–omicron–iota–mu–omicron–sigma

“ready, prepared”

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• 🔊 ἑτοιμασίαepsilon–tau–omicron–iota–mu–alpha–sigma–iota–alphapreparationEphesians 6:15