Mark 15:39:20Mark.15.39.W20TAB
ἦν⸃.
ên
“was”
- Transliteration
- ÊN
- Extended
- ÊÊN
- IPA
- /ˈɛːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- was
Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
ÊN
- clause
a-lê-THŌS HOU-tos ho AN-thrō-pos hy-OS the-OU ÊN
- sentence
i-DON de ho ken-ty-REE-on ho pa-re-ste-KOS eks e-nan-TEE-as au-TOU HO-ti HOU-tōs ek-SE-pneu-sen EI-pen a-lê-THŌS HOU-tos ho AN-thrō-pos hy-OS the-OU ÊN
Exegesis
The confession is a subject–predicate clause with houtos ho anthrōpos {οὗτος ὁ ἄνθρωπος | hoû-tos ho án-thrō-pos} ‘this man’ as the subject and huios theou ēn {υἱὸς θεοῦ ἦν | hui-ós the-oû ēn} ‘was Son of God’ as predicate, the anarthrous huios indicating a titular designation. In translation, participles render as finite verbs to produce natural English while preserving the Christological force of “Son of God.”
In context — Mark 15:39
And when the centurion who was standing opposite Him saw that He had breathed His last in this way, He said, “Truly, this man was the Son of God .”
About this coordinate
Mark 15:39:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Mark 15:39, so the Greek word ἦν⸃. (ên) 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.15.39.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.15.39.W20.S1) and character.