τοῦ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 τοῦ

   TOO

   of 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 verse opens with the genitive absolute elthontos autou {ἐλθόντος αὐτοῦ | el-thón-tos au-toû} ‘after He had come,’ which situates the timing before Jesus’ entrance.