Luke 21:13 — Word Study
N1904ἀποβήσεται δὲ ὑμῖν εἰς μαρτύριον.
BSAIt will resultapobainō▸ [an opportunity to speak on behalf of God, a chance to testify, a time to serve, a moment to bear witness] nowde to yousu foreis a testimony.marturion [to act as, to function as, for a testimony, to provide evidence, a proof or evidence of the truth]
| Greek | English | Parsing |
|---|---|---|
| ἀποβήσεται | It will result | Verb, future, middle deponent |
| δὲ | now | Conjunction |
| ὑμῖν | to you | Personal pronoun, second person, dative |
| εἰς | for | Preposition |
| μαρτύριον. | a testimony. | Noun, accusative, singular |
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| BSB | This will be your opportunity to serve as witnesses. |
| KJV | And it shall turn to you for a testimony. |
| ASV | It shall turn out unto you for a testimony. |
| YLT | and it shall become to you for a testimony. |
| WEB | It will turn out as a testimony for you. |
| BBE | And it will be turned to a witness for you. |
Where they part company is μαρτύριον — see How Translations Differ.
The sentence has one main clause and a subordinate infinitive phrase that describes the purpose of the opportunity.
8 commentators on this verse
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clause
verbἀποβαίνω
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Deep Study — Luke 21:13
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Context — Warnings of Persecutiongenerated
Luke 21:13 occurs in a passage where Jesus prepares His disciples for the trials they will face. He assures them that these difficult moments will not be in vain; instead, they will provide a significant opportunity to bear witness to the truth about Him. This reflects a broader theme in the Gospels where suffering can lead to greater testimony and faithfulness.
Cross References
| Reference | Text (BSB) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philippians 1:28 | without being frightened in any way by those who oppose you. This is a clear sign of their destruction but of your salvation, and it is from God. |
| 2 | 1 Thessalonians 3:3–4 | so that none of you would be shaken by these trials. For you know that we are destined for this. |
| 3 | 2 Thessalonians 1:5 | All this is clear evidence of God’s righteous judgment. And so you will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering. |
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — 3 references, hung on the phrase they belong to
The Key Word — ἀποβήσεται, apobainōgenerated
The verb ἀποβαίνω (*apobainō*) means 'to get out' or 'to step away,' but in this context, it refers to the outcome or result of an event. It is a future middle deponent verb, indicating that the action will happen to the subject — here, the disciples.
In this verse, it implies that their experiences of persecution will culminate in an opportunity to testify about their faith. The use of the future tense emphasizes that this is a certainty for the disciples.
How Translations Differ — measured against the Berean Standard Biblegenerated
The verse is rendered in the Berean Standard Bible as 'This will be your opportunity to serve as witnesses.' This is similar to the KJV and ASV, which emphasize the idea of the situation turning into a testimony.
However, the WEB and YLT phrase it as 'It will turn out as a testimony for you,' highlighting the transformation of the situation into a witness opportunity.
Sentence Structuregenerated
The main verb is ἀποβήσεται, it will result, which governs the entire clause. The subject is implied as the situation faced by the disciples, and the phrase ὑμῖν describes to whom this opportunity will be directed.
The structure indicates that the outcome of their persecution serves a specific purpose, which is to provide a testimony.
Septuagint Backgroundgenerated
In the Septuagint, the word ὑμῖν (su) appears frequently, corresponding to the Hebrew אַתָּ֫ה (attah), which means 'you.' This choice emphasizes the personal address and involvement of the audience in the message being conveyed.
The term μαρτύριον (marturion) is used in the LXX to translate various Hebrew words, including אֹ֫הֶל (ohel, meaning 'tent') and מוֹעֵד (moed, meaning 'appointed time or place'). This selection highlights the concept of testimony as a significant and formal declaration, reinforcing the importance of witnessing in the context of divine appointments.
In plain words — the whole versegenerated
Luke 21:13 tells us that when the disciples face persecution, it will become their chance to testify about Jesus. This means that their struggles can lead to powerful moments of sharing their faith.
Frequently Asked Questionsgenerated
It means that the hardships faced by the disciples will not be pointless; rather, they will provide a chance to witness to others about their faith in Jesus.
Like the disciples, we can prepare by grounding ourselves in faith and understanding that challenges may lead to opportunities to share our beliefs.
To serve as witnesses means to actively share and testify about what we know to be true regarding Jesus and our faith.
Testifying during tough times can encourage others, strengthen our own faith, and fulfill our calling as followers of Christ.
Reflection Questionsgenerated
- How can I view my own challenges as opportunities to share my faith?
- What are some ways I can prepare myself to witness for Christ in difficult situations?
- Who in my life might need to hear my testimony during their own struggles?
- How can I support others who are facing persecution or hardship in their faith?
The early church on this verse — how the Fathers read it
Early church Fathers like Gregory the Dialogist and Bede comment on this verse, discussing the significance of suffering as a testimony for believers.
"But these things will happen to you for a testimony." For a testimony, clearly, of whom, unless of those who either inflict death by persecuting or who see and do not imitate? For the death of the just is a help to the good and a…Early Church Fathers on Luke 21 →
It will happen for you as a testimony. As a testimony of whom, but of those who either bring about deaths by persecuting, or do not imitate by seeing? For the death of the just serves as assistance for the good,Early Church Fathers on Luke 21 →
Commentators on this verse — 8 expositors, verse by verse
Each of these wrote on Luke 21:13 itself, not merely on the chapter around it.
John Gill1697–1771Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleAnd it shall turn to you for a testimony. By this means they would have an opportunity of leaving their testimony for Christ before kings and rulers; and what they should meet with from them, would
Read John Gill on Luke 21 →Robert Jamieson1802–1880Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown's CommentaryAnd as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said, Far the exposition, see the notes at Mark 13:1-37.
Read Robert Jamieson on Luke 21 →Matthew Poole1624–1679Matthew Poole's Commentary on the Holy BibleThat is, your persecution shall turn to you for a testimony: for a testimony against your adversaries; so as they themselves shall be brought by your confession of me to own me as the true Messiah; and their cruelty, which they mask under the vizor of religion, shall be openly detected, and it shall at last appear to all the world, that the judgments of God are just, for the cruelty they have exercised upon you. And to you it shall be for a testimony; you shall have a more ampler occasion of testifying, both before kings and great men, that I am the true Messiah. Your faith, patience, and constancy shall be made more manifest; you shall also testify that my kingdom is not of this world, and…
Read Matthew Poole on Luke 21 →John Trapp1601–1669Trapp's Complete Commentary on the Old and New Testaments13 And it shall turn to you for a testimony. Ver. 13. And it shall turn to you, &c.] While the valour of the martyrs and the savageness of the persecutors strove together, till both, exceeding nature and belief, bred wonder and astonishment in beholders and hearers.
Read John Trapp on Luke 21 →Charles John Ellicott1819–1905Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(13) It shall turn to you for a testimony.—There are but two writers in the New Testament who use the verb (literally, to come out) in this figurative sense. St. Luke is one, and the other is St. Paul, in a passage so closely parallel to this as to read almost like an echo of it (Philippians 1:19). The “testimony” is defined by Mark 13:9, as being borne to the kings and rulers before whom the disciples were to stand.
Read Charles John Ellicott on Luke 21 →AdamClarkeAdam Clarke's Commentary on the BibleVerse 13. It shall turn to you for a testimony.] That is, it shall turn out on your part for a testimony to them (your persecutors) that you are thoroughly persuaded of the truth of what you teach, and that you are no impostors.
Read AdamClarke on Luke 21 →CambridgeThe Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges13. for a testimony] See Mark 13:9. “In nothing terrified by your adversaries, which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation,” Philippians 1:28. “A manifest token of the righteous judgment of God,” 2 Thessalonians 1:5.
Read Cambridge on Luke 21 →Daniel Denison Whedon1808–1885Whedon's Commentary on the Bible13. To you for a testimony—Your persecutions shall be, in the judgment day, a testimony to your faithfulness in behalf of Christ.
Read Daniel Denison Whedon on Luke 21 →The verse in English, compared — 16 translations, and where they part company
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Modern formal
This will be your opportunity to serve as witnesses.
It will turn out as a testimony for you.
This will be your opportunity to serve as witnesses.
This will be a time for you to serve as witnesses.
Tyndale line
And it shall turn to you for a testimony.
It shall turn out unto you for a testimony.
It shall turn unto you for a testimony.
And it shall turn to you for a testimony.
And this shall turne to you, for a testimoniall.
Strictly literal
but it shall turn out to you for a testimony.
and it shall become to you for a testimony.
and it will become to you for a testimony.
It will lead to an opportunity for your testimony.
From the Latin
And it shall happen unto you for a testimony.
Simplified
But this will provide you an opportunity to speak on my behalf before them.
And it will be turned to a witness for you.
Word by word, the decisions they made
Counted from the translations carried on this site, not from a survey of every English Bible. A rendering shared by many versions is usually inherited rather than independently arrived at — the Tyndale line in particular runs through most of them.
The sentence as the grammar sees it — from the Nestle 1904 treebank
This is not our own analysis: it is the scholarly syntax tree for the verse, showing how the clause actually holds together.
Boxes are the grammarian's groupings — clause, noun phrase, prepositional phrase.
The earliest translations — Latin and Syriac
Every translation is an argument about meaning made by someone who had to commit to one. These two were made while the Greek was still a living language, and they are the oldest opinions we have about what this verse says.
continget autem vobis in testimonium.
Jerome revised the Old Latin against the Greek from AD 382; the Latin west read this text for a thousand years.
ܗܘܝܐ ܠܟܘܢ ܕܝܢ ܠܣܗܕܘܬܐ
The Bible of the Syriac-speaking church, in the language nearest to the Aramaic Jesus spoke.
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The Greek editions compared — what the manuscripts actually say
Eight printed editions of the Greek New Testament, side by side. Where they agree the wording is settled; where a word is missing from an edition it is marked, so you can see the difference rather than take it on trust.
ἀποβήσεται — ὑμῖν εἰς μαρτύριον.
The standard critical text of the New Testament.
ἀποβήσεται — ὑμῖν εἰς μαρτύριον.
The previous edition, still widely cited.
ἀποβήσεται — ὑμῖν εἰς μαρτύριον.
The Society of Biblical Literature edition, freely licensed.
ἀποβήσεται — ὑμῖν εἰς μαρτύριον.
The edition that turned scholarship toward the earliest manuscripts.
ἀποβήσεται δὲ ὑμῖν εἰς μαρτύριον.
An independent critical text built from the oldest witnesses then known.
ἀποβήσεται — ὑμῖν εἰς μαρτύριον.
A recent critical edition following documentary evidence closely.
ἀποβήσεται δὲ ὑμῖν εἰς μαρτύριον.
The reading of the majority of surviving manuscripts.
ἀποβήσεται δὲ ὑμῖν εἰς μαρτύριον.
The printed tradition behind the King James Version.
A witness that read differently would show its variant word here, marked.
Word by word, across the editions
| Word | Editions carrying it | Missing from |
|---|---|---|
| δὲ now | Treg, TR, Byz | NA28, NA27, SBL, WH, Tyn |
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The map of this verse — what each word keeps company with
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Lexicons — every word in Luke 21:13
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The Greek word ἀποβαίνω (*apobaino*) is composed of the prefix ἀπο- meaning 'away from' and a root related to 'to step.' It primarily means to disembark or step off, but can also refer to the outcome or result of events. In the New Testament, it appears in contexts like disembarking from a ship (Lk 5:2, Jn 21:9) and metaphorically describing events turning out (Lk 21:13, Phil 1:19).
ἀπο-βαίνω: fut. ἀποβήσομαι; 2 aor. ἀπέβην: 1. to come down from: a ship (so even in Hom.), ἀπό. Lk. v. 2 (Tr mre. br. az αὐτῶν]: εἰς τὴν γῆν, In. xxi. 9. 2. trop. fo turn out, ‘eventuate,’ (so fr. Hdt. down): ἀποβήσεται ὑμῖν εἰς μαρτύριον it will issue, turn out, Lk. xxi. 13; εἰς σωτηρίαν, Phil. i. 19. (Job xiii. 16 ; Artem. oneir. 3, 66.)
ἀποβαίνω. For the metaphorical sense (as in Lk 2118, Phil 119) cf. P Petr III. 42 H (8) f® (iii/B.c.) (= Witkowski?, p. 15) νυνὶ [δὲ ἐν φόβωι clipl οὐ μετρίωι, wa[s] Te col ἀποβήσεται καὶ ἡμῖν. Sy// 406! (A.D. 147—a reply οἵ M. Aurelius to an address of congratulation on the birth of a son who had died after it was sent) εὔνοια ὑμῶν, ἣν ἐνεδείξασθε συνησθέντες μοι γεννηθέντος υἱοῦ, εἰ kal ἑτέρως τοῦτο ἀπέβη, οὐδὲν ἧττον φανερὰ ἐγένετο. The literal sense may be illustrated by the use of the verb, with its nouns ἀπόβασις and ἀποβατικόν, to denote a kind of chariot race in which one of two men in a car had to jump off: see Sy// 670 (i/ii A.D.) and notes. Schlageter (p. 59) quotes ἀπόβασις from a Delos inscr. in BCG xiv. p. 3991! (B.c. 279), where it means ‘‘ place of exit,” the classical meaning having been ‘‘…
Read the full entry →ἀποβαίνω (apobainō) — to get out.
ἀποβαίνω,
future -βήσομαι, with Epic dialect aorist 1 -εβήσετο[Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist 2 ἀπέβην: perfect ἀποβέβηκα—in these tenses intransitive (present not in [Refs 8th c.BC+]:— step off from a place, νηὸς ἀ. alight, disembark from a ship, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀπὸ τῶν νεῶν, ἀπὸ τῶν πλοίων, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:absolutely, disembark, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐξ ἵππων ἀ. ἐπὶ χθόνα dismount from a chariot, [Refs 8th c.BC+] seems to be the art of leaping from horse to horse (compare ἀποβάτης) τῇ συνωρίδι τοῦ ἀποβάντος[Refs] having stepped off ground on which none should step, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
Read the full entry →ἀποβαίνω
apobaino
from 575 and the base of 939; literally, to disembark; figuratively,
to eventuate:--become, go out, turn.
see GREEK for 575
see GREEK for 939
ἀποβαίνω
v.
I go or come out of, disembark, result
ἀποβαίνω apobainō 4x
to step off; to disembark from a ship, Lk. 5:2; Jn. 21:9; to become, result, happen, Lk. 21:13; Phil. 1:19*
ἀποβαίνω to step off from a place, to alight or disembark from a ship, Hom., etc.; absol. to disembark, Hdt., Thuc., etc.:— to dismount from a chariot, ἵππων or ἐξ ἵππων Il.
to go away, depart, id. Il., attic;—c. gen., ἀπ. πεδίων Eur.; of hopes, to come to naught, id. Eur.
of events, to issue or result from, τὰ ἔμελλε ἀποβήσεσθαι ἀπὸ τῆς μάχης Hdt.; τὸ ἀποβαῖνον, contr. τἀποβαῖνον, the issue, event, and τὰ ἀποβαίνοντα, τὰ ἀποβάντα the results, id. Hdt., Thuc.; τὰ ἀποβησόμενα the probable results, Thuc.
to turn out so and so, παρὰ δόξαν Hdt.; τοιόνδε Eur.; ὡς προσεδέχετο Thuc.:—absol. to turn out well, succeed, id. Thuc.
Verb-FDI-3S — Verb · future · middle deponent · indicative · third person · singularfuture middle deponent indicative — an action still to come.
V-FDI-3S Part of Speech: Verb Tense: Future Voice: middle Deponent Mood: Indicative Person: third Number: Singular
4 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 4 different ways. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.
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ψυχῆς γὰρ οὐ νεωτέρας οὐδὲ ἀγόνου καὶ ἐστειρωμένης, ἀλλὰ τῷ ὄντι πρεσβυτέρας καὶ γεννᾶν ἐπισταμένης ἔργον ἐστὶ συζῆν εὐλαβείᾳ καὶ μηδενὸς καταφρονεῖν τὸ παράπαν, ἀλλὰ τὸ ἄδραστον καὶ ἀνίκητον τοῦ θεοῦ κράτος κατεπτηχέναι καὶ περιαθρεῖν ἐν κύκλῳ, τί…
οὐ γὰρ τὰ μέλλοντα μόνον προφητεύων διετέλει, καθάπερ καὶ οἱ ἄλλοι προφῆται, ἀλλὰ καὶ καιρὸν ὥριζεν, εἰς ὃν ταῦτα ἀποβήσεται·
ἂν πάντα παραλιποῦσα. νυνὶ δὲ ἐν φόβωι εἰμὶ οὐ μετρίωι, πῶς … τε σοὶ ἀποβήσεται … οἱ γὰρ κυνηγοὶ οἱ πρωὶ παραγενόμενοι τὰ γεγενημένα σοι ἐμοὶ ἀνήνγελλον, ὅτι ὁ
σὺν ἄλλοις πολλοῖς καὶ ε … … ν ἐργάζεσθαι ἐστιν αὐτῶι. ἡμῖν δὲ … ἀποβήσεται ἐὰν τὸ κτῆμα ἀφέληται … καὶ πλείους ὄντας ἀπολωλέναι … φυγαδεύοντας τοὺς δανειστὰς
δέξασθαι χειρογραφίας ναυτῶν ἐκτὸς ὑπογραφῆς σιτομετρῶν dat εἰς οὐδὲν ἕτερον ὑμῖν τὰ τῆς τιμωρίας ἀποβήσεται ἢ εἰς τὴν κεφαλικὴν ἀπότμησιν. … τοῦ γὰρ … εσθαι συναιρέματα ὑμεῖς αἴτιοι γίνεσθε
δέ (de) is a post-positive particle in Greek, primarily used as a conjunction to connect clauses. It can express contrast (but, on the other hand) or continuation (and, also), and is often used to transition between ideas or to add emphasis. In the New Testament, it appears frequently in various contexts, such as contrasting statements or resuming interrupted discourse, with notable examples in Matthew and 2 Corinthians.
δέ (before vowels δ’; on the general neglect of the elision in NT, v. WH, App., 146; Tdf., Pr., 96),
post-positive conjunctive particle;
copulative, but, in the next place, and, now (Abbott, JG, 104): Mt 1:2ff., II Co 6:15, 16, II Pe 1:5-7; in repetition for emphasis, Ro 3:21, 22, 9:30, I Co 2:6, Ga 2:2, Phl 2:8; in transition to something new, Mt 1:18 2:19, Lk 13:1, Jo 7:14, Ac 6:1, Read the full entry →
δέ (related to δή, as μέν to μήν, ef. Klotz ad Devar. ii. 2 p. 355), a particle adversative, distinctive, disjunctive, but, moreover, (W.§ 53, 7 and 10, 2); it is much more freq. in the historical parts of the N. T. than in the other books, very rare in the Epp. of John and the Apocalypse. {On its general neglect of elision (when the next word begins with a vowel) cf. Tdf. Proleg. p. 96; WH. App. Ῥ 146; W.§5,1a.; B. p.10sq.] It is used ἘΠ ΟἹ δὲ univ. by way of opposition and distinction; it is added to statements opp. to a preceding statement: ἐὰν yap ἀφῆτε... ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ἀφῆτε, Mt. vi. 14 sq.; ἐὰν de ὁ ὀφθαλμὸς κτλ. Mt. vi. 23; ἐλεύσονται δὲ ἡμέραι, Mk. ii. 20; it opposes persons to persons or things previously mentioned or thought of, —either with strong emphasis: ἐγὼ δέ, Mt. v. 22, 28, 32, 34, 39,44; ἡμεῖς de, 1 Co. i. 23; 2 Co. x. 13; σὺ δέ, Mt. vi. 6; ὑμεῖς δέ, Mk. viii. 29; of δὲ…
Read the full entry →δεῖ. For the conjunctive, as in Mt 26%, cf. P Fay 109° (early i/A.D.) ἐάν σε δῇ (for δέῃ) τὸ εἱμάτιόν σου θεῖναι ἐνέχυρον. “even if you have to pawn your cloak” (Edd.). In P Tebt I. 585° (B.c. 111) we have ἐάν followed by the indicative— ἐὰν δεῖ σε συνπεσεῖν τῶι ᾿Ανικήτωι, σύνπεσαι, ‘if you must meet Anicetus, meet him” (Edd.): cf. Mayser G7. p. 325. Other examples of the verb are l’ Par 461® (B.C. 153) διὸ Kal ἡγούμενος δεῖν ἐπ᾿ ἄλλου μὲν μηθενὸς αὐτῶι διακριθῆναι» P Lille I. 267 (iii.B.c.) περὶ (corr. from πεερὶ) δὲ τούτου τοῦ μέρους δεήσει ἐπισχεῖν, P Tebt 11. 3414 (A.p. 140-1) δεήσι ἐπισταλῆναι εἰς δάνε[ι]α σπέρματα κατασπίο]ρᾶς KTA., “ΕἼ will be necessary to send on account of loans of seedcorn for the sowing,” etc., AécheZ 1001" © (Theran Doric —c. B.C. 200) no one may bring forward a proposal ὡς δεείσῃ διαλῦσαι τὸ κοινὸν εἰ τὰς θυσίας, P Flor II. 133" (A.D. 257) ἔδι μὲν ὑμᾶς μηδὲ…
Read the full entry →δέ (de) — then.
δέ,
but: adversative and copulative Particle,
I. answering to μέν (which see), τὴν νῦν μὲν Βοιωτίαν, πρότερον δὲ Καδμηίδα γῆν καλουμένην [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. without preceding μέν,
II.1. adversative, expressing distinct opposition, αἰεί τοι τὰ κάκ᾽ ἐστὶ φίλα.. μαντεύεσθαι, ἐσθλὸν δ᾽ οὔτε τί πω εἶπας[Refs 5th c.BC+]; so in Prose, οὐκ ἐπὶ κακῷ, ἐλευθερώσει δέ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. copulative,
II.2. a in explanatory clauses, ξυνέβησαν.. τὰ μακρὰ τείχη ἑλεῖν (ἦν δὲ σταδίων μάλιστα ὀκτώ) [Refs 8th c.BC+]: when a substantive is followed by words in apposition, Ἀρισταγόρῃ τῷ Μιλησίῳ, δούλῳ δὲ ἡμετέρῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so in answers, διπλᾶ λέγειν. —Answ. διπλᾶδ᾽ ὁρᾶν…
δέ
de
a primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and,
etc.:--also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
δέ
Cj.
but, on the other hand, and
δέ de 2x
a conjunctive particle, marking the superaddition of a clause, whether in opposition or in continuation, to what has preceded, and it may be variously rendered but, on the other hand, and, also, now, etc.; καὶ δέ, when there is a special superaddition in continuation, too, yea, etc. It sometimes is found at the commencement of the apodosis of a sentence, Acts 11:17. It serves also to mark the resumption of an interrupted discourse, 2 Cor. 2:10; Gal. 2:6
δέ but: conjunctive Particle, with adversative force: it commonly answers to μέν, and may often be rendered by while, whereas, on the other hand, v. μέν:— but μέν is often omitted, δέ being used merely to pass on from one thing to another; ὣς Ἀχιλεὺς θάμβησεν, θάμβησαν δὲ καὶ ἄλλοι Il.; etc.; κινεῖ κραδίην κινεῖ δὲ χόλον Eur.
δέ is often redundant,
to introduce the apodosis, where it may be rendered by then, yet, εἰ δέ κε μὴ δώωσιν, ἐγὼ δέ κεν αὐτὸς ἕλωμαι if they will not give it, then I will take it, Il.; so at in Lat., si tu oblitus es, at Dii meminerint Catull.
to resume after interruption caused by a parenthesis, where it may be rendered by I say, now, so then, Hdt.
POSITION of δέ: properly second, being often put between the Art. and Subst., the prep. and case.
Conj — Conjunctionconjunction — it joins clauses, and never changes form.
CONJ CONJunction or conjunctive particle
2,937 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 15 different ways. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.
Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 2,787 occurrences — a word inside a phrase counts towards whatever that phrase is doing.
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σύ is the second-person singular pronoun meaning 'you' in Greek. It has various forms: genitive σοῦ, dative σοί, and accusative σέ. The word can be used for emphasis or contrast, particularly in the New Testament, as seen in verses like Matthew 26:64. It also appears in various dialects and has enclitic forms.
σύ,
pron. of 2nd pers.,
thou, you, gen., σοῦ, dat., σοί, acc., σέ, pl., ὑμεῖς, -ῶν, -ῖν, -ᾶς (enclitic in oblique cases sing., except after prep. (BL, §48, 3), though πρὸς σέ occurs in Mt 25:39). Nom. for emphasis or contrast: Jo 1:30, 42 4:10 5:33, 39, 44, Ac 4:7, Eph 5:32; so also perhaps σὺ εἶπας, Mt 26:64, al. (M, Pr., 86); before voc., Mt 2:6, Lk 1:76, Jo 17:5, al.; sometimes without emphasis (M, Pr., 85f.), as also
Read the full entry →σύ, pron. of the second pers. (Dor. and Aeol. τύ, Boeot. Tov), gen. σοῦ, dat. σοί, ace. σέ (which oblique cases are enclitic, unless a preposition precede; yet πρός σε is written [uniformly in Ree. (exe. Mt. xxvi. 18), in Grsb. (exe. Jn. xxi. 22, 23), in Treg. (exc. Mt. xxvi. 18; Acts xxiii. 30), in Lchm. (exe. Mt. xxvi.18; Jn. xvii. 11, 13; xxi. 22, 23; Acts xxiii. 30), in Tdf. (exe. Mt. xxvi. 18; Lk. i. 19; Jn. xvii. 11, 13; Jn. xxi. 22; Acts xxiii. 18, 30; 1 Tim. iii. 14; Tit. iii. 12); also by WH in Mt. xxv. 39], see ἐγώ, 2; Lipsius, Grammat. Untersuch. p. 62 sq. [W. §6, 3; B. 31 (27)]); plur. ὑμεῖς, εἴς. : Lat. tu, ete., vos, ete.; thou, ete., ye,ete. The nominatives ov and ὑμεῖς are expressed for emphasis — before a vocative, as σὺ Βηθλεέμ, Mt. ii. 6; σὺ παιδίον (Leian. dial. deor. 2, 1), Lk. i. 76; add, Jn. xvii. 5; Acts i. 24; 1 Tim. vi. 11, etc.; ὑμεῖς of Φαρισαῖοι, Lk. xi. 39…
Read the full entry →σύ (su) — you.
σύ [ῠ],
thou: pronoun of the second person:—Epic dialect nominative τύνη [ῡ] [Refs 8th c.BC+] (Laconian dialect τούνη [Refs 5th c.AD+]; Aeolic dialect σύ [Refs 7th c.BC+]; Doric dialect τύ [ῠ] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Boeotian dialect τού [short syllable] [Refs 6th c.BC+] (also τούν [Refs]σύ, [Refs 8th c.BC+]—Gen. σοῦ, [Refs], elsewhere only Attic dialect, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; enclitic σου, [Refs 8th c.BC+] (also in Lyric poetry, [Refs 8th c.BC+] (which also occurs in Lyric poetry, [Refs 7th c.BC+], and as enclitic σευ, [Refs 8th c.BC+], σεο (enclitic) [Refs] σευ (enclitic) [Refs]:—Doric dialect τεῦ, τευ, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; rarely τέο, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Boeotian dialect τεῦς [Refs 6th c.BC+]; Doric dialect τεοῦς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοι variant in [Refs]; enclitic τεος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; other Doric dialect forms are τίω, τίως, both [Refs 3rd c.BC+]—Dat. σοί, [Refs 8th c.BC+]…
Read the full entry →σύ
su
the person pronoun of the second person singular; thou:-- thou. See
also 4571, 4671, 4675; and for the plural 5209, 5210, 5213, 5216.
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σύ, σοῦ, σοί, σέ
Pers.pr.
you
σύ sy 2x
you, gen., σοῦ, dat., σοί, acc., σέ, Mt. 1:20; 2:6
Pron-2DP — Personal pronoun · second person · dative · pluraldative — to, for, with — the one it is done to or by.
Agrees with anything else marked plural.
P-2DP Part of Speech: Personal pronoun Person: second Case: Dative Number: Plural
3,073 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 37 different ways. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.
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16 inflected forms — one of the commonest words in the New Testament. Full distribution →
Counted over the 450 Old Testament verses where this Greek word stands: which Hebrew word keeps standing there too. A correspondence of verses rather than a word-by-word alignment, so read the percentage as strength of evidence, not as a claim about any single verse.
„οὐ φυτεύσεις σεαυτῷ ἄλσος, πᾶν ξύλον παρὰ τὸ θυσιαστήριον κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ σου οὐ ποιήσεις σεαυτῷ“ (Deuter.
παύσομαι δὲ τοῦ λοιποῦ μετὰ τοσαύτης ὀργῆς τὰς τιμωρίας ἐπὶ τοῖς ἀδικήμασιν εἰσπραττόμενος καὶ πολὺ μᾶλλον σοῦ παρακαλοῦντος.
Μεγάλων μὲν ὄντων καὶ πλουσίων τῶν τοῦ θεοῦ δικαιωμάτων εἰς ὑμᾶς, ὑπέρ τι καὶ καθ̓ ὑπερβολὴν ὑπερευφραίνομαι ἐπὶ τοῖς μακαρίοις καὶ ἐνδόξοις ὑμῶν πνεύμασιν: οὕτως ἔμφυτον τῆς δωρεᾶς πνευματικῆς χάριν εἰλήφατε.
τοῦ ἀποδοθῆι τὸν ἐπεσταλμένον ἡμῖν κατὰ μῆνα πυρὸν τοῖς παρʼ ἡμῶν. διʼ ἄλλων γεγράφαμεν ὑμῖν ὑπὲρ ὧν βουλόμεθα μηδεμιᾶς προσφωνήσεως προσπεπτωκυίας. ἑαυτῶν δὲ ἐπιμελόμενοι ἵνʼ ὑγιαίνητε, — ἔσμεν ἐν
η Φατρήους καὶ … χαίρειν καὶ ἐρρωμένοις διευτυχεῖν. ἐρρώμεθα δὲ καὶ αὐτοὶ ὑμῶν τὴν ἀρίστην μνείαν ποιούμενοι παρὰ τοῖς ἐν Πηλουσίωι θεοῖς. καλῶς ποιήσεις διαλύσας Ἁρκοννῆσιν καὶ
παρὰ Πετεύριος διεθέντος μου ὑπάρξει σοι εἰς στέφανον χαλκοῦ τάλαντα δεκάπεντε, τάλαντα ιε. εὐτύχει .
εἰς is a preposition meaning 'into' or 'to,' used with the accusative case. It indicates direction, entrance, or limit, applicable to place, time, and figurative purposes. The New Testament frequently employs it to express movement toward locations or states, as seen in passages like Matthew 8:23. It can also denote relationships or results, such as 'for' or 'among.'
εἰς, a Prep. governing the Accusative, and denoting entrance into, or direction and limit: into, to, towards, for, among. It is used A. Property I. of Place, after verbs of going, coming, sailing, flying, falling, living, leading, carrying, throwing, sending, etc. ; 1. of a place entered, or of entrance into a place, into; and 8. it stands before nouns designating an open place, a hollow thing, or one in which an object can be hidden: as εἰς (τὴν) πόλιν, Mt. xxvi. 18; xxviii. 11; Mk. i. 45, and often; εἰς r. οἶκον, Mt. ix. 7; συναγωγήν, Acts xvii. 10; πλοῖον, Mt. viii. 23; Jn. vi. 17; Acts xxi. 6; θάλασσαν, Mt. xvii. 27; ἄβυσσον, Lk. viii. 31; οὐρανόν, Lk. ii. 15; κόσμον, In. 1. 9; iii. 19, ete.; τὰ ἴδια, Jn. i. 11; xvi. 32; Acts xxi. 6; ἀποθήκην, Mt. iii. 12; εἰς ra ὦτα, Lk. i. 44; εἰς τὰς ζώνας or ζώνην, Mt. x. 9; Mk. vi. 8, etc.; εἰς ἀέρα, 1 Co. xiv. 9; eis πῦρ, Mk. ix. 22, ete.…
Read the full entry →εἰς ἁλιέων εἰς ᾿Αλεξάνδριί[αν (P Oxy II. 2943 = Selections, Ρ- 34): see further Pro/eg. pp. 234 f., 245. For εἰς in the wide sense in which we use ‘‘for” we may cite such passages as P Lille I. 261 (iii/B.c.) ἔγραψάς μοι περὶ τῆς εἰς THY σησαμείαν γῆς, 20." ἕως ἂν] μάθωμεν περὶ τῶν κ[εχρ]ηματισμένων εἰς τὸν νομόν, P Petr II. 11 (1)" (mid. iii/B.c.) (= Witkowski*, p. 8) ἀπὸ τούτου τὸ μὲν ἥμυσυ εἰς τὰ δέοντα ὑπελιπόμην, τὸ δὲ λοιπὸν εἰς τὸ δάνειον κατέβαλον, P Lond 43? (ii/B.c.) (=I. p. 48, Witkowski’, p- 110) ἕξεις ἐφόδιον εἰς τὸ γῆρας, P Tebt I. 577 (8.6. 118) προστε]τάχασι δὲ καὶ τὰ els τὴν ταφὴν τοῦ “Amos, P Oxy I. 379 (A.D. 149) (= Selections, p. 49) ἐγένετο ἐνθάδε ἡ τροφεῖτις εἰς υἱὸν tod ΤΠεσούριος, ‘‘there was concluded here the nursing-contract for the son of Pesouris”; and the recurring formulae in a private account of ς. A.D. 15 τό. 1V. 736° θρύων εἰς τοὺς ἄρτους (ὀβολοὶ δύο)…
Read the full entry →εἰς (eis) — toward.
ἐν εἰς
or ἐς, PREP. WITH ACC. ONLY:—both forms are found in [Refs 8th c.BC+], Ionic dialect poets, and early metrical Inscrr.; ἐς is best attested in [Refs 5th c.BC+], and is found in nearly all early Ionic dialect Inscrr. (except [Refs 5th c.BC+]; and usually in Attic dialect Prose (except [Refs 5th c.BC+] is used before vowels for the sake of meter; ἐς was retained in the phrases ἐς κόρακας (whence the Verb σκορακίζω), ἐς μακαρίαν. Aeolic dialect poets have εἰς before vowels, ἐς before consonants, and this is given as the rule in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; compare ἐν, ἰν. The diphthong is genuine in Aeolic dialect εἰς, but spurious in Attic dialect-Ionic dialect) Radical sense into, and then more loosely, to:
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eis
a primary preposition; to or into (indicating the point reached or
entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.);
also in adverbial phrases:--(abundant-)ly, against, among, as, at,
(back-)ward, before, by, concerning, + continual, + far more
exceeding, for (intent, purpose), fore,
+ forth, in (among, at, unto, -so much that, -to), to the
intent that, + of one mind, + never, of, (up-)on, + perish, + set at
one again, (so) that, therefore(-unto), throughout, til, to (be, the
end, -ward), (here-)until(-to), ...ward, (where-)fore, with. Often
used in composition with the same general import, but only with verbs
(etc.) expressing motion (literally or figuratively).
εἰς
Prep.
into, in, among, till, for
εἰς
into, to c. acc.
PREP. WITH ACC. ONLY. Radical sense, into, and then to:
OF PLACE, the commonest usage, εἰς ἅλα into or to the sea, Hom., etc.:—properly opposed to ἐκ, ἐς σφυρὸν ἐκ πτέρνης from head to foot, Il.; εἰς ἔτος ἐξ ἔτεος from year to year, Theocr.:—then, with all Verbs implying motion or direction, ἰδεῖν εἰς οὐρανόν Il.; εἰς ὦπα ἰδέσθαι to look in the face, id. Il.:—in Hom. and Hdt. also c. acc. pers., where the attic use ὡς, πρός, παρά.
with Verbs which express rest in a place, when a previous motion into or to it is implied, ἐς μέγαρον κατέθηκε, i. e. he brought it into the house, and put it there, Od.; παρεῖναι ἐς τόπον to go to a place and be there, Hdt.
Prep — Prepositionpreposition — its sense depends on the case of the word it governs.
PREP PREPosition
for (ki (conjunction), le, from 'el (preposition), and various other words. In the New Testament also the words are various, chiefly gar, kai gar, hoti (conjunctions); anti apo eis dia (accusative), epi (dative and accusative), peri (genitive), pros (genitive and accusative), huper (genitive) (prepositions)): the English Revised Version and the American Standard Revised Version give in many cases more literal or more accurate renderings than those in the King James Version.
In the New Testament the most important preps. from a doctrinal point of view are anti, "face to face," "over against," "instead," "on behalf of," peri, "around," "about," "concerning," huper, "over," "on behalf of." The first has been claimed as stating the substitutionary nature of Christ's sacrifice as contrasted with huper and peri, more frequently used of it. But, although anti in the New Testament often means…
1,797 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 37 different ways. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.
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τὸ δὲ παθητὸν ἄψυχον καὶ ἀκίνητον ἐξ ἑαυτοῦ, κινηθὲν δὲ καὶ σχηματισθὲν καὶ ψυχωθὲν ὑπὸ τοῦ νοῦ μετέβαλεν εἰς τὸ τελειότατον ἔργον, τόνδε τὸν κόσμον·
ὅτι λιμοῦ τὴν Χαναναίαν καταλαβόντος εἰς Αἴγυπτον ἀπῆρε καὶ διατρίψας ἐν αὐτῇ τινα χρόνον ὑπέστρεψεν ὀπίσω.
Μεγάλων μὲν ὄντων καὶ πλουσίων τῶν τοῦ θεοῦ δικαιωμάτων εἰς ὑμᾶς, ὑπέρ τι καὶ καθ̓ ὑπερβολὴν ὑπερευφραίνομαι ἐπὶ τοῖς μακαρίοις καὶ ἐνδόξοις ὑμῶν πνεύμασιν: οὕτως ἔμφυτον τῆς δωρεᾶς πνευματικῆς χάριν εἰλήφατε.
καὶ τοῖς μετόχοις γῆς σιτοφόρου λεγομένης Νεχθαραῦτι θεοῦ μεγάλου παρὰ τῶν ἱερέων ἐτῶν δέκα εἰς τὰ ἐνλιπόντα αὐτῷ ἑτέρων , τεσσάρων εἰς συμπλήρωσιν ἐτῶν πέντε , ὥστε γεωργῆσαι ἧς
καὶ ἀπηλιώτου τὸ λοιπὸν τῆς Εὐνόου οἰκίας λιβὸς ῥύμη ἐφ ᾧ ἀνοίξει τὴν θύραν εἰς τὴν Ὀρσηοῦς οἰκίαν ἢ οἳ ἂν ὦσι γείτονες πάντοθεν. ἐπρίατο Πετεσοῦχος Νεχθανούπιος ὡς ἐτῶν
ος, βορρᾶ γῆ Σχώτου τοῦ Τρύφωνος, ἀπηλιώτου τὸ λοιπὸν τῆς γῆς, λιβὸς ἡ φέρουσα εἰς τὸ Κρόνειον ὁδός, ἢ οἳ ἂν ὦσι γείτονες πάντοθεν. ἐπρίατο Ὧρος Νεχούτου Πέρσης τῆς
μαρτύριον is a neuter noun meaning testimony, witness, or proof. It is derived from the word for witness and is used in various contexts, including legal and religious settings. In the New Testament, it appears in verses such as Acts 4:33 and 2 Corinthians 1:12, often referring to the testimony of Christ or the apostles. The term also denotes the sacred tabernacle in some instances.
μαρτύριον, -ου, τό
(< μάρτυρ),
[in LXX chiefly for מוֹעֵד, also for עֵדָה, עֵדוּת and cogn. forms;]
a testimony, witness, proof (Hdt., Thuc., al.): c. gen. subj., II Co 1:12, II Th 1:10; c. gen. obj., Ac 4:33, I Co 1:6 2:1 (WH, txt., R, txt., μυστήριον; II Ti 1:8; εἰς μ., Mt 8:4 10:18 Mt 24:14, Mk 1:44 6:11 13:9, Lk 5:14 9:5 21:13,
μαρτύριον, -ov, τό, (udprup [cf μάρτυς). [fr. Pind., Hat. down], Sept. for ty, 11)", oftener for n37y (an ordinance, precept); most freq. for 73:1 (an assembly), as though that came fr. 73)’ to testify, whereas it is fr. yy to appoint; testimony ; a. w. a gen. of the subj.: τῆς συνειδήσεως, 2 Co. i. 12; w. gen. of obj.: ἀποδιδόναι τὸ μ τῆς ἀναστάσεως Ἰησοῦ, Acts iv. 33. b. τοῦ Χριστοῦ, concerning Christ the Saviour [cf. W. § 30, 1.4.7: the proclamation of salvation by the apostles is so called (for reasons given under paprupéw, init.), 1 Co. i. 6; also τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν, 2 Tim. i. 8; τοῦ θεοῦ, concerning God [W. u. 5.7, i. 6. concerning what God has done through Christ for the salvation of men, 1 Co. ii. 1 [here WH txt. μυστήριον}; w. the subject. gen. ἡμῶν, given by us, 2 Th. i. 10. to give testimony concerning those things which were to be spoken (in the Messiah’s time) i. e. concerning…
Read the full entry →μαρτύριον. The words of the sepulchral epitaph Aazbel 3071 μαρτύριον ὀρθοῦ βίου, ‘‘the witness of an upright life,’”’ have a modern ring about them. In 24. 1063° (v/vi A.D.) wkoδομήθη τὸ μα]ρ[τ]ύριον Matw τῇ €, the word refers to a martyr’s shrine: cf. P Oxy VI. 9414 (vi/a.D.) ἀντὶς τοῦ μαρτυρίου, ‘‘opposite the martyr’s shrine,’’ where the editors draw attention to the remarkable form ἀντίς, employed in a local sense—a usage which survives in MGr. See also Pe/agia-Legenden, p. 31° συνελθόντας οὖν ἐν ᾿Αντιoxela ἐκέλευσεν ἡμᾶς ὁ ἐπίσκοπος μεῖναι ἐν τῷ μαρτυρίῳ τοῦ ἁγίου ᾿Τουλιανοῦ.
μαρτύριον (marturion) — testimony.
μαρτύριον [ῠ], τό,
testimony, proof, πρῶτον καὶ μέγιστον μ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μαρτύριον δέ.., followed by γάρ, here is a proof, namely.., [Refs], etc.; μέγα τόδε μ.,.. γάρ [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. τὰ μ. the tables of the Decalogue, [LXX]
III. shrine of a martyr, [Refs 6th c.AD+]
μαρτύριον
marturion
neuter of a presumed derivative of 3144; something evidential, i.e.
(genitive case) evidence given or (specially), the Decalogue (in the
sacred Tabernacle):--to be testified, testimony, witness.
see GREEK for 3144
μαρτύριον, ου, τό
n.n.
witness, evidence, testimony
μαρτύριον martyrion 19x
testimony, evidence, Acts 4:33; 2 Cor. 1:12; Jas. 5:3; in NT testimony, mode of solemn declaration, Mt. 8:4; Lk. 9:5; testimony, matter of solemn declaration, 1 Cor. 1:6; 2:1; 1 Tim. 2:6; σκηνὴ τοῦ μαρτυρίου, a title of the Mosaic tabernacle, Acts 7:44; Rev. 15:5
μαρτύριον μαρτύ^ριον, ου, τό, a testimony, proof, Hdt., etc.; μαρτύρια παρέχεσθαι to bring forward evidence, id. Hdt.: —μαρτύριον δέ . . , followed by γάρ, here is a proof, namely . . , id. Hdt., Thuc., etc.
Noun-ASN — Noun · accusative · singular · neuteraccusative — the one it is done to — the object.
Agrees with anything else marked singular neuter.
N-ASN Part of Speech: Noun Case: Accusative Number: Singular Gender: Neuter
Testimony
(1.) Witness or evidence (2 Thess. 1:10).
(2.) The Scriptures, as the revelation of God’s will (2 Kings 11:12; Ps. 19:7; 119:88; Isa. 8:16, 20).
(3.) The altar raised by the Gadites and Reubenites (Josh. 22:10).
The whole revelation of God, testifying to man what he is to believe, do, and hope, Ps 19:7 119:88,99 1Co 1:6 Re 1:2. The two stone tables of the law were a visible "testimony" or witness of God’s covenant with his people; and hence the ark of the covenant was called sometimes the testimony, or the ark of the testimony, Ex 25:22 34:29. See ARK.
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See EVIDENCE
See WITNESSES
Ark of
See ARK
19 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 1 different way. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.
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branches are dictionary forms, so endings do not split one phrase into five; the number on a branch is how many times the New Testament takes that path
Counted over the 185 Old Testament verses where this Greek word stands: which Hebrew word keeps standing there too. A correspondence of verses rather than a word-by-word alignment, so read the percentage as strength of evidence, not as a claim about any single verse.
καὶ τοῦ καμάτου μαρτύριον ἐναργέστατον αἱ ἐτήσιοι ὧραι·
ὡς δʼ ἐπευφήμησε τῷ βασιλεῖ σωτηρίαν ὁ λαὸς, τὰ μέλλοντα συμβήσεσθαι καταγράψας αὐτοῖς ὁ προφήτης ἀνέγνω τοῦ βασιλέως ἀκροωμένου καὶ τὸ βιβλίον τίθησιν ἐν τῇ τοῦ θεοῦ σκηνῇ ταῖς μετέπειτα γενεαῖς μαρτύριον ὧν προείρηκε.
οἱ ῥαντίζοντες παῖδες οἱ εὐαγγελισάμενοι ἡμῖν τὴν ἄφεσιν τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν καὶ τὸν ἁγνισμὸν τῆς καρδίας, οἷς ἔδωκεν τοῦ εὐαγγελίου τὴν ἐξουσίαν ʽοὖσιν δεκάδυο εἰς μαρτύριον τῶν φυλῶν ὅτι δεκάδυο φυλαὶ τοῦ Ἰσραήλ̓, εἰς τὸ κηρύσσειν.
ἀξιῶ αὐτὸ τοῦτο μαρτυρόμενος καὶ ἐπιδιδοὺς τόδε τὸ βιβλίδιον εἶναι αὐτὸ ἐν καταχωρισμῷ πρὸς μαρτύριον … … … … ε Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Ἀντωνίνου
τινων ἀνήνεγκεν ἐπὶ τὸν κύριόν μου τὸν ἔπαρχον καὶ καθʼ ἑτέρων εἰσάγει νῦν. τοῦτο μαρτύριον ἔσται μοι τῆς παραγραφῆς. ὁ λογιστὴς εἶπεν· αὐτὸ τὸ ἐπίσταλμα ὃ ἐπέστειλας τῷ ἀντιδικοῦντί
γὰρ, καὶ λέγουσιν ὅτι δυνατόν ἐστιν. ἀσπάζομαι τὴν Νόνναν καὶ τὸν γλυκύτατον Κωνστάντιν. ἀσπάζομαι Μαρτύριον. ἀσπάζομαι Εὐφρόνιν. ἀσπάζομαι Σύρον δομεστικὸν καὶ τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸν πατέρα. ἀσπάζομαι Μαξενθίαν