καὶ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 καὶ

   KAI

   also
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 Ἦσαν δὲ καὶ γυναῖκες ἀπὸ μακρόθεν θεωροῦσαι,

   Ê-san de KAI gy-NAI-kes a-PO ma-KRO-then the-ô-ROU-sai

   were and also women from from afar watching
3. sentence🔊 Ἦσαν δὲ καὶ γυναῖκες ἀπὸ μακρόθεν θεωροῦσαι, ἐν ⸀αἷς καὶ ⸀Μαρία ἡ Μαγδαληνὴ καὶ Μαρία ⸀ἡ Ἰακώβου τοῦ μικροῦ καὶ ⸀Ἰωσῆτος μήτηρ καὶ Σαλώμη,

   Ê-san de KAI gy-NAI-kes a-PO ma-KRO-then the-ô-ROU-sai en hais KAI ma-RI-a hê mag-da-lê-NÊ kai ma-RI-a hê i-a-KÔ-bou tou mi-KROU kai i-ô-SÊ-tos MÊ-têr kai sa-LÔ-mê

   were and also women from from afar watching among whom also Mary the Magdalene and Mary the of James of the small and Joses mother and Salome

Exegesis

The subject gynaikes {γυναῖκες | gy-naî-kes} ‘women’ follows, and the connective sequence de kai {δὲ καὶ | de kai} ‘but also’ functions as a typical Markan narrative transition, adding information while loosely contrasting these onlookers with others mentioned previously.

Within this clause, the coordinated list of names—Maria hē Magdalēnē {Μαρία ἡ Μαγδαληνή | Ma-rí-a hē Mag-da-lē-nḗ}, Maria hē tou Iakōbou tou mikrou kai Iōsētos mētēr {Μαρία ἡ τοῦ Ἰακώβου τοῦ μικροῦ καὶ Ἰωσῆτος μήτηρ | Ma-rí-a hē tou Ia-kṓ-bou tou mi-kroû kai Iō-sḗ-tos mḗ-tēr}, and Salōmē {Σαλώμη | Sa-lṓ-mē}—is linked by repeated kai {καὶ | kai} ‘and’, creating a rhythmic enumeration that emphasizes multiple faithful observers.