πάσης

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 πάσης

   PA-sês

   of all
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 οἵτινες ἔξωθεν μὲν φαίνονται ὡραῖοι ἔσωθεν δὲ γέμουσιν ὀστέων νεκρῶν καὶ πάσης ἀκαθαρσίας·

   OI-ti-nes EKS-o-then MEN PHAI-non-tai hô-RAI-oi E-sô-then DE YE-moo-sin os-TE-ôn ne-KRÔN KAI PA-sês a-ka-thar-SI-as

   which outwardly indeed appear beautiful inwardly but they are full of bones of the dead and of all uncleanness
3. sentence🔊 Οὐαὶ ὑμῖν, γραμματεῖς καὶ Φαρισαῖοι ὑποκριταί, ὅτι ⸀παρομοιάζετε τάφοις κεκονιαμένοις, οἵτινες ἔξωθεν μὲν φαίνονται ὡραῖοι ἔσωθεν δὲ γέμουσιν ὀστέων νεκρῶν καὶ πάσης ἀκαθαρσίας·

   ou-AI hy-MEIN gram-ma-TEIS KAI pha-ri-SAI-oi hy-po-kri-TAI HO-ti pa-ro-moi-A-ze-te TA-phois ke-ko-ni-a-ME-nois OI-ti-nes EKS-o-then MEN PHAI-non-tai hô-RAI-oi E-sô-then DE YE-moo-sin os-TE-ôn ne-KRÔN KAI PA-sês a-ka-thar-SI-as

   Woe to you scribes and Pharisees hypocrites because you are like whitewashed tombs which outwardly indeed appear beautiful inwardly but they are full of bones of the dead and of all uncleanness

Exegesis

This contrast is structurally reinforced by the particle pair men...de {μέν... δέ | mén... dé}, rendered 'on the one hand...but on the other hand', which coordinates two clauses: externally, the tombs phainontai {φαίνονται | phaínontai} 'appear' horaios {ὡραῖοι | hōraîoi} 'beautiful'; internally, they gemousin {γέμουσιν | gémousin} 'are full' of osteon nekron {ὀστέων νεκρῶν | ostéōn nekrôn} 'bones of the dead' and pases akatharsias {πάσης ἀκαθαρσίας | pásēs akatharsías} 'all impurity'. The genitives function as content genitives specifying what fills the tombs. The translation preserves the causal hoti clause, the relative clause, and the men...de contrast with parallel structures to retain the rhetorical force of the external piety versus internal corruption imagery.