Mark 15:9:7Mark.15.9.W7TAB
Θέλετε
thelete
“Do you want”
- Transliteration
- THE-le-te
- Extended
- THEH-leh-teh
- IPA
- /ˈtʰe.le.te/
Meaning by language
- English
- Do you want
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Alphabet Analysis
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) |
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Word in context
- word
THE-le-te
- sentence
ho de pi-LA-tos a-pe-KRI-thê au-TOIS LE-gōn THE-le-te a-po-LY-sō hŷ-MEEN ton ba-si-LE-a tôn i-ou-da-I-ōn
Exegesis
Within the quotation, the present indicative thelete {Θέλετε | Thé-le-te} ‘do you want’ foregrounds the will of the audience, while the aorist subjunctive apolysō {ἀπολύσω | a-po-lý-sō} depends on it, forming a deliberative question in which Pilate’s action (“that I release”) is contingent on their desire.
In context — Mark 15:9
And Pilate answered them, saying, “Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?”
About this coordinate
Mark 15:9:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Mark 15:9, so the Greek word Θέλετε (thelete) 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.15.9.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.15.9.W7.S1) and character.