αἰωνίου

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 αἰωνίου

   ai-ô-NI-ou

   eternal
2. sentence🔊 καὶ ἐξελθοῦσαι ἔφυγον ἀπὸ τοῦ μνημείου εἶχεν γὰρ αὐτὰς τρόμος καὶ ἔκστασις καὶ οὐδενὶ οὐδὲν εἶπαν ἐφοβοῦντο γάρ Πάντα δὲ τὰ παρηγγελμένα τοῖς περὶ τὸν Πέτρον συντόμως ἐξήγγειλαν μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα καὶ αὐτὸς ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἀπὸ ἀνατολῆς καὶ ἄχρι δύσεως ἐξαπέστειλεν διʼ αὐτῶν τὸ ἱερὸν καὶ ἄφθαρτον κήρυγμα τῆς αἰωνίου σωτηρίας ἀμήν

   KAI ek-sel-THOU-sai E-phy-gon a-PO TOU mnê-MEI-ou EI-khen gar au-TAS TRO-mos KAI EK-sta-sis KAI ou-de-NEI ou-DEN EI-pan e-pho-BOUN-to GAR PAN-ta de ta pa-rêg-gel-ME-na tois pe-RI ton PE-tron syn-TO-môs ek-SÊNG-gei-lan me-TA de TAU-ta KAI au-TOS ho ee-ay-SOOS a-PO a-na-to-LÊS KAI A-khri DY-se-ôs ek-sa-PE-stei-len di au-TÔN to hi-e-RON KAI A-phthar-ton KÊ-ryg-ma tês ai-ô-NI-ou sô-tê-RI-as a-MÊN

   and having gone out they fled from the tomb was having for them trembling and astonishment and to no one nothing they said they were afraid for all things and the the things having been commanded to the about the Peter briefly they reported after and these things and he himself the Jesus from of the east and until of the west he sent out through them the holy and imperishable proclamation of the eternal salvation amen

Exegesis

The noun phrase to hieron kai aphtharton kḗrygma tês aiōníou sōtērías {τὸ ἱερὸν καὶ ἄφθαρτον κήρυγμα τῆς αἰωνίου σωτηρίας | tó hierón kaí áphtharton kḗrygma tês aiōníou sōtērías} stacks qualifiers—sacred, imperishable—to stress the message’s eternal salvific purpose. The translation retains narrative causality in the first half and adopts a summarizing commission tone in the latter.