Mark 15:2:17Mark.15.2.W17TAB
Σὺ
sy
“You”
- Transliteration
- SY
- Extended
- sü
- IPA
- /sy/
Meaning by language
- English
- You
Alphabet Analysis
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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SY
- sentence
KAI e-pê-RÔ-tê-sen au-TON ho pi-LA-tos SY EI ho ba-si-LEUS tÔN i-ou-da-I-ôn ho de a-po-kri-THEIS au-TÔI LE-gei SY LE-geis
Exegesis
Pilate’s direct question uses the emphatic subject pronoun Sy {σύ | sý} with the verb ei {εἶ | eî}, Sy ei ho basileus tōn Ioudaiōn {Σὺ εἶ ὁ βασιλεὺς τῶν Ἰουδαίων | sý eî ho ba-si-leús tōn I-ou-daí-ōn}, where the article ho with basileus {βασιλεύς | ba-si-leús} marks “the King” as a specific, possibly official title.
Jesus’ reply Sy legeis {Σὺ λέγεις | sý lé-geis} retains the fronted “You” for emphasis, grammatically assigning ownership of the statement to Pilate. In English the formal rendering “You say so” preserves this ambiguity, while the dynamic “Those are your words” makes explicit the nuance that Jesus neither straightforwardly affirms nor directly denies the title, but reflects it back to the questioner.
Root and etymology
symbouleuōsigma–upsilon–mu–beta–omicron–upsilon–lambda–epsilon–upsilon–omega
“to take counsel together”
In context — Mark 15:2
And Pilate asked Him , “Are You the King of the Jews?” And answering, He said to him, “You say so.”
About this coordinate
Mark 15:2:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Mark 15:2, so the Greek word Σὺ (sy) 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.15.2.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.15.2.W17.S1) and character.