ἔχοντα

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ἔχοντα

   E-khon-ta

   having
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 ἢ δύο χεῖρας ἢ δύο πόδας ἔχοντα βληθῆναι εἰς τὸ πῦρ τὸ αἰώνιον.

   Ê DY-o KHEI-ras Ê DY-o PO-das E-khon-ta blê-THÊ-nai eis TO PYR TO ai-Ô-ni-on

   or two hands or two feet having to be thrown into the fire the eternal
3. clause🔊 καλόν σοί ἐστιν εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὴν ζωὴν ⸂κυλλὸν ἢ χωλόν⸃, ἢ δύο χεῖρας ἢ δύο πόδας ἔχοντα βληθῆναι εἰς τὸ πῦρ τὸ αἰώνιον.

   ka-LON SOI ES-tin ei-sel-THEIN eis TÊN zô-ÊN kyl-LON Ê khô-LON Ê DY-o KHEI-ras Ê DY-o PO-das E-khon-ta blê-THÊ-nai eis TO PYR TO ai-Ô-ni-on

   is better for you to enter into the life crippled or lame or two hands or two feet having to be thrown into the fire the eternal
4. sentence🔊 Εἰ δὲ ἡ χείρ σου ἢ ὁ πούς σου σκανδαλίζει σε, ἔκκοψον ⸀αὐτὸν καὶ βάλε ἀπὸ σοῦ· καλόν σοί ἐστιν εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὴν ζωὴν ⸂κυλλὸν ἢ χωλόν⸃, ἢ δύο χεῖρας ἢ δύο πόδας ἔχοντα βληθῆναι εἰς τὸ πῦρ τὸ αἰώνιον.

   ei DE HÊ KHEIR sou Ê HO POUS sou skan-da-LI-zei se EK-kop-son au-TON KAI BA-le a-PO SOU ka-LON SOI ES-tin ei-sel-THEIN eis TÊN zô-ÊN kyl-LON Ê khô-LON Ê DY-o KHEI-ras Ê DY-o PO-das E-khon-ta blê-THÊ-nai eis TO PYR TO ai-Ô-ni-on

   If and the hand of you or the foot of you causes to sin you cut off it and throw from you is better for you to enter into the life crippled or lame or two hands or two feet having to be thrown into the fire the eternal

Exegesis

The evaluative clause kalon soi estin {καλόν σοί ἐστιν | kalón soí estin} ‘for you it is good’ introduces a stark comparison between the infinitival ideals: eiselthein eis tēn zōēn {εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὴν ζωὴν | eiseltheîn eis tḕn zōḗn} ‘to go into life’ modified by the predicative adjectives kyllon ē cholon {κυλλὸν ἢ χωλόν | kyllón ē chōlón} ‘maimed or lame’, versus duo cheiras ē duo podas echonta blethenai {δύο χεῖρας ἢ δύο πόδας ἔχοντα βληθῆναι | dýo cheîras ē dýo pódas échonta blēthênai} ‘with two hands or two feet to be thrown’, concluding with eis to pŷr to aiṓnion {εἰς τὸ πῦρ τὸ αἰώνιον | eis tò pŷr tò aiṓnion} ‘into the eternal fire’, where the repeated article intensifies the inescapable judgment. The translation employs a clear conditional “if then”, vivid imperatives “sever” and “cast away”, and a comparative “better … than” to convey the original’s moral urgency.