διὰ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 διὰ

   di-A

   because of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 καὶ διὰ τοῦτο αἱ δυνάμεις ἐνεργοῦσιν ἐν αὐτῷ.

   KAI di-A TOO-to hai dy-NA-meis e-ner-GOO-sin en au-TÔI

   and because of this the powers are at work in him
3. clause🔊 αὐτὸς ἠγέρθη ἀπὸ τῶν νεκρῶν, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο αἱ δυνάμεις ἐνεργοῦσιν ἐν αὐτῷ.

   au-TOS ê-YER-thê a-PO TÔN ne-KRÔN KAI di-A TOO-to hai dy-NA-meis e-ner-GOO-sin en au-TÔI

   He was raised from the dead and because of this the powers are at work in him
4. sentence🔊 καὶ εἶπεν τοῖς παισὶν αὐτοῦ· Οὗτός ἐστιν Ἰωάννης ὁ βαπτιστής· αὐτὸς ἠγέρθη ἀπὸ τῶν νεκρῶν, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο αἱ δυνάμεις ἐνεργοῦσιν ἐν αὐτῷ.

   KAI EI-pen TOIS pai-SIN au-TOO hoo-TOS es-tin i-ô-AN-nês ho bap-tis-TÊS au-TOS ê-YER-thê a-PO TÔN ne-KRÔN KAI di-A TOO-to hai dy-NA-meis e-ner-GOO-sin en au-TÔI

   And he said his to servants This is John the Baptist He was raised from the dead and because of this the powers are at work in him

Exegesis

The causal construction dia touto {διὰ τοῦτο | di-á toû-to} introduces a reason clause that governs the finite verb energousin {ἐνεργοῦσιν | e-ner-goû-sin}; its subject is hai dynameis {αἱ δυνάμεις | haí dy-ná-meis}, a nominative plural referring to miraculous powers.

Root and etymology

peraeō🔊 περάωpi–epsilon–rho–alpha–omega

“to go across, pass through”

• 🔊 πέρανpi–epsilon–rho–alpha–nubeyond, on the other sideMark 4:35
• 🔊 διαβαίνεινdelta–iota–alpha–beta–alpha–iota–nu–epsilon–iota–nuto cross overJoshua 3:17 LXX