Romans 15:3:16Rom.15.3.W16TAB
ἐπέπεσαν
epepesan
“fell”
- Transliteration
- e-PE-pe-san
- Extended
- eh-PEH-peh-sahn
- IPA
- /eˈpe.pe.san/
Meaning by language
- English
- fell
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
e-PE-pe-san
- sentence
KAI gar ho khree-STOS oukh he-au-TOI Ê-re-sen al-LA ka-THÔS GE-grap-tai hoi o-nei-dis-MOI tôn o-nei-di-ZON-tōn se e-PE-pe-san ep e-ME
Exegesis
The aorist verb epepesan {ἐπέπεσαν | epépesa(n)} “fell upon” takes the prepositional phrase ep’ eme {ἐπʼ ἐμέ | ep' emé} “upon Me” as its goal, depicting a transfer of the consequences of hostility from God to the speaker, whom Paul applies to Christ. Syntactically, this structure portrays the Messiah as voluntarily receiving onto Himself the reproach aimed at God, thereby grounding the ethical call for believers to bear with others rather than live for self-pleasing.
In context — Romans 15:3
For even Christ did not please Himself, but just as it is written, “The reproaches of those who reproach You fell upon Me.”
About this coordinate
Romans 15:3:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Romans 15:3, so the Greek word ἐπέπεσαν (epepesan) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Rom.15.3.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Rom.15.3.W16.S1) and character.