οἱ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 οἱ

   hoi

   the
2. clause🔊 Καὶ ⸂ἐλθόντος αὐτοῦ⸃ εἰς τὸ ἱερὸν προσῆλθον αὐτῷ διδάσκοντι οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι τοῦ λαοῦ λέγοντες·

   KAI el-THON-tos au-TOO eis TO hi-e-RON pro-SÊL-thon au-TÔ di-DAS-kon-ti hoi ar-khi-e-REIS KAI hoi pres-BY-te-roi TOO la-OO LE-gon-tes

   And he having come into the temple the chief priests and the elders of the people {they} approached to him teaching saying
3. sentence🔊 Καὶ ⸂ἐλθόντος αὐτοῦ⸃ εἰς τὸ ἱερὸν προσῆλθον αὐτῷ διδάσκοντι οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι τοῦ λαοῦ λέγοντες· Ἐν ποίᾳ ἐξουσίᾳ ταῦτα ποιεῖς;

   KAI el-THON-tos au-TOO eis TO hi-e-RON pro-SÊL-thon au-TÔ di-DAS-kon-ti hoi ar-khi-e-REIS KAI hoi pres-BY-te-roi TOO la-OO LE-gon-tes en POI-a ek-sou-SI-a TAU-ta poi-EIS

   And he having come into the temple the chief priests and the elders of the people {they} approached to him teaching saying By what authority you do these things

Exegesis

The main narrative verb proselthon {προσῆλθον | pros-ēl-thon} ‘they came up’ is performed by hoi archiereis kai hoi presbyteroi {οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι | hoi ar-khi-e-reîs kai hoi pres-bú-te-roi}, identifying the Jewish officials.

Root and etymology

poieō🔊 ποιέωpi–omicron–iota–epsilon–omega

“to do; to make”