Mark 15:44:16Mark.15.44.W16TAB
ἀπέθανεν·
apethanen
“he died”
- Transliteration
- a-PE-tha-nen
- Extended
- ah-PEH-thah-nehn
- IPA
- /aˈpe.tʰa.nen/
Meaning by language
- English
- he died
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
a-PE-tha-nen
- phraseyour reading level
kai pros-ka-le-SA-me-nos ton ken-ty-RI-o-na e-pê-RÔ-tê-sen au-TON ei PA-lai a-PE-tha-nen
- sentence
ho de pi-LA-tos e-THAU-ma-sen ei Ê-dê TE-thnê-ken kai pros-ka-le-SA-me-nos ton ken-ty-RI-o-na e-pê-RÔ-tê-sen au-TON ei PA-lai a-PE-tha-nen
Exegesis
The main verb eperotesen {ἐπηρώτησεν | e-pe-RO-te-sen} ‘he asked, questioned’ takes auton {αὐτὸν | au-ton} ‘him’ as its object and again introduces, with ei {εἰ | ei}, an indirect question: palai {πάλαι | PA-lai} ‘long ago, for some time’ modifies the aorist verb apethanen {ἀπέθανεν | a-PE-tha-nen} ‘he died.’ The shift from perfect tethneken in the first clause to aorist apethanen in the second highlights two different perspectives: the present state of being dead versus the earlier moment of dying and the duration since that moment. Translationally, this motivates rendering the first as ‘was already dead’ and the second with an English past perfect idea (‘had died’ / ‘had been dead for some time’) to show anterior time relative to Pilate’s questioning. The overall syntactic flow underscores Pilate’s need for official, temporal confirmation of Jesus’ death through the centurion’s testimony before he can proceed with subsequent actions.
In context — Mark 15:44
But Pilate marveled whether He was already dead, and summoning the centurion he asked him whether He had died long ago.
About this coordinate
Mark 15:44:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Mark 15:44, so the Greek word ἀπέθανεν· (apethanen) 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.15.44.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.15.44.W16.S1) and character.