Mark 16:14:21Mark.16.14.W21TAB
ἐπίστευσαν
episteusan
“they believed”
- Transliteration
- e-PI-steu-san
- Extended
- eh-PIH-steu-sahn
- IPA
- /eˈpi.steu.san/
Meaning by language
- English
- they believed
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
e-PI-steu-san
- sentence
HY-ste-ron de a-na-kei-ME-nois au-TOIS tois HEN-de-ka e-pha-ne-RO-thê KAI ô-NEI-di-sen tên a-pi-STI-a(n) au-TÔN KAI sklê-ro-kar-DI-a(n) HO-ti tois the-a-sa-ME-nois au-TON e-gê-ger-ME-non ouk e-PI-steu-san
Exegesis
The clause concludes with the aorist verb episteusan {ἐπίστευσαν | e-pí-steu-san}, negated by ouk {οὐκ | ouk}, summarizing the disciples’ failure: “they did not believe.” In translation, the two aorist verbs are retained as main narrative events (“appeared,” “rebuked”), while participles are rendered as finite clauses (“as they were reclining,” “those who had seen Him”) to keep English syntax clear and preserve the causal relationship expressed by hoti.
In context — Mark 16:14
Afterward, He appeared to them, the eleven, as they were reclining , and He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen Him risen.
About this coordinate
Mark 16:14:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of Mark 16:14, so the Greek word ἐπίστευσαν (episteusan) 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.16.14.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.16.14.W21.S1) and character.