καὶ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 καὶ

   KAI

   and
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 καὶ ἀγοράσας ⸀σινδόνα καθελὼν αὐτὸν ἐνείλησεν τῇ σινδόνι καὶ ⸀ἔθηκεν αὐτὸν ἐν ⸀μνημείῳ ὃ ἦν λελατομημένον ἐκ πέτρας,

   KAI a-go-RA-sas sin-DO-na ka-the-LÔN au-TON e-NEE-lê-sen têi sin-DO-ni KAI E-thê-ken au-TON en mnê-MEE-ôi HO ÊN le-la-to-mê-ME-non ek PE-tras

   and having bought a linen cloth having taken down him he wrapped in the linen cloth and he placed him in a tomb which was having been hewn out of rock
3. sentence🔊 καὶ ἀγοράσας ⸀σινδόνα καθελὼν αὐτὸν ἐνείλησεν τῇ σινδόνι καὶ ⸀ἔθηκεν αὐτὸν ἐν ⸀μνημείῳ ὃ ἦν λελατομημένον ἐκ πέτρας, καὶ προσεκύλισεν λίθον ἐπὶ τὴν θύραν τοῦ μνημείου.

   KAI a-go-RA-sas sin-DO-na ka-the-LÔN au-TON e-NEE-lê-sen têi sin-DO-ni KAI E-thê-ken au-TON en mnê-MEE-ôi HO ÊN le-la-to-mê-ME-non ek PE-tras KAI pro-se-KY-lee-sen LEE-thon e-PI tên THY-ran tou mnê-MEE-ou

   and having bought a linen cloth having taken down him he wrapped in the linen cloth and he placed him in a tomb which was having been hewn out of rock and he rolled a stone against the door of the tomb

Exegesis

The verse begins with the conjunction kai {καὶ | kaí}, linking this sentence tightly to the preceding narrative.

A coordinating kai {καὶ | kaí} then introduces the next aorist indicative ethēken {ἔθηκεν | éthēken} “he laid,” followed by the prepositional phrase en mnēmeiō {ἐν μνημείῳ | en mnēmíōi} “in a tomb,” which establishes location.

A final kai {καὶ | kaí} coordinates the last aorist indicative prosekylisen {προσεκύλισεν | prosekýlisen} “he rolled,” whose object lithon {λίθον | líthon} “stone” and prepositional phrase epi tēn thyran tou mnēmeiou {ἐπὶ τὴν θύραν τοῦ μνημείου | epí tēn thýrān tou mnēmeíou} specify the sealing motion directed against the doorway of the tomb. The chain of aorist participles plus aorist indicatives conveys a tightly ordered sequence of deliberate actions, which is mirrored in translation by maintaining clear temporal progression (“after buying,” “took,” “wrapped,” “laid,” “rolled”) and preserving the relative clause that characterizes the tomb.