Mark 13:10

Jesus tells his disciples about the troubles to come.

Greek

καὶkaiεἰςaysπάνταPAN-tahτὰtahἔθνηETH-nayπρῶτονPROH-tonδεῖdayκηρυχθῆναιkay-ruk-THAY-naiτὸtoεὐαγγέλιον.ew-an-GEH-lih-on

Latin

EtetininomnēsOM-naysgentēsGEN-taysprīmumPREE-mumoporteto-POR-tetpraedicārīprai-dih-KAH-reeĒvangelium.ayw-an-GEH-lee-um

English

And to all the nations the good news must first be proclaimed.

Word by word

Greek	Latin	Note
καὶfrom καί, “and”	Etfrom et	καί, et.
εἰςall forms, “into, to”	inall forms	εἰς: to, into. Latin: in, with the accusative.
πάνταfrom πᾶς, “all, every”	omnēsfrom omnis	πάντα: all, from πᾶς, neuter to match nations. Latin: omnēs, from omnis.
τὰ ἔθνηfrom ἔθνος, “nation; plural: Gentiles”	gentēsfrom gēns	τὰ ἔθνη: the nations, from ἔθνος, nation, people. In the plural it often means the Gentiles. Latin: gentēs, from gēns.
πρῶτονfrom πρῶτος, “first”	prīmumfrom prīmus	πρῶτον: first, from πρῶτος, the neuter used as an adverb. Latin does the same: prīmum, from prīmus.
δεῖall forms, “it is necessary, must”	oportetall forms	δεῖ: it is necessary, must. It has no personal subject and takes an infinitive. Latin oportet works the same way.
κηρυχθῆναιfrom κηρύσσω, “to proclaim, preach”	praedicārīfrom praedicō	κηρυχθῆναι: to be proclaimed, from κηρύσσω, to proclaim like a herald. An aorist passive infinitive. Latin: praedicārī, the passive infinitive of praedicō.
τὸ εὐαγγέλιονfrom εὐαγγέλιον, “good news, gospel”	Ēvangeliumfrom ēvangelium	τὸ εὐαγγέλιον: the good news. It is the subject of the infinitive. Latin simply borrows the Greek word: Ēvangelium.

New core words

Greek

ἔθνος nation; pl. Gentiles πρῶτος first δεῖ it is necessary, must κηρύσσω proclaim, preach εὐαγγέλιον good news,gospel

Latin

gēns nation, people; pl. the Gentiles prīmus first; foremost, chief oportet it is necessary, one must, ought praedicō preach,proclaim, declare ēvangelium gospel, good news

Greek core words met99 / 345 Latin core words met108 / 345

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