τὰς

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 τὰς

   tas

   the
2. sentence🔊 Καὶ εἶδον θρόνους καὶ ἐκάθισαν ἐπʼ αὐτούς καὶ κρίμα ἐδόθη αὐτοῖς καὶ τὰς ψυχὰς τῶν πεπελεκισμένων διὰ τὴν μαρτυρίαν Ἰησοῦ καὶ διὰ τὸν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ οἵτινες οὐ προσεκύνησαν τὸ θηρίον οὐδὲ τὴν εἰκόνα αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐκ ἔλαβον τὸ χάραγμα ἐπὶ τὸ μέτωπον καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν χεῖρα αὐτῶν καὶ ἔζησαν καὶ ἐβασίλευσαν μετὰ τοῦ χριστοῦ χίλια ἔτη

   KAI EI-don THRO-nous KAI e-KA-thi-san ep au-TOUS KAI KRI-ma e-DO-thê au-TOIS KAI tas psy-KHAS tôn pe-pe-le-ki-SME-nôn di-A tên mar-ty-RI-an ee-ay-SOO KAI di-A ton LO-gon tou the-OU KAI HOI-ti-nes ou pro-se-KY-nê-san to thê-RI-on ou-DE tên ei-KO-na au-TOU KAI ouk E-la-bon to KHA-ra-gma e-PI to ME-tô-pon KAI e-PI tên KHEI-ra au-TÔN KAI E-dzê-san KAI e-ba-SI-leu-san me-TA tou khree-STOO KHI-li-a E-tê

   and I saw thrones and they sat upon them and judgment was given to them and the souls of the of those having been beheaded because of the testimony Jesus and because of the word of the God and who not worshiped the beast nor the image of it and not they received the mark on the forehead and on the hand of them and they lived and they reigned with the Christ a thousand years

Exegesis

The next clause kai tas psychas tôn pepelekismenōn {καὶ τὰς ψυχὰς τῶν πεπελεκισμένων | kaí tàs psy-chàs tôn pe-pe-le-ki-sme-nôn} “and the souls of those who had been beheaded” identifies the martyrs, with dia tēn martyrían Iēsoû {διὰ τὴν μαρτυρίαν Ἰησοῦ | diá tēn mar-tu-rí-an Iē-soû} and dia ton lógon toû theou {διὰ τὸν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ | diá ton ló-gon toû the-oû} functioning as causal prepositional phrases linking their death to witness and fidelity.