Mark 15:11

Greek

οἱhoyδὲdehἀρχιερεῖςar-kih-eh-RAYSἀνέσεισανah-NEH-say-sanτὸνtonὄχλονO-klonἵναHEE-nahμᾶλλονMAH-lonτὸνtonΒαραββᾶνbah-rah-BANἀπολύσῃah-po-LOO-sayαὐτοῖς.ow-TOYS

Latin

Pontificēspon-TIH-fih-kaysautemOW-temconcitāvēruntkon-kih-tah-WAY-runtturbam,TUR-bamututmagisMAH-gisBarabbambah-RAH-bamdīmitteretdee-MIH-teh-reteīs.EH-ees

English

But the chief priests roused the crowd, so that he would instead release Barabbas to them.

Word by word

Greek	Latin	Note
οἱ δὲ ἀρχιερεῖςfrom ἀρχιερεύς, “high priest, chief priest”	Pontificēs autemfrom pontifex	οἱ δὲ ἀρχιερεῖς: but the chief priests. Latin: pontificēs autem, the old Roman word for high priests.
ἀνέσεισανfrom ἀνασείω, “to stir up”	concitāvēruntfrom concitō	ἀνέσεισαν: they roused, from ἀνασείω, to shake up. Latin: concitāvērunt, from concitō, to stir up.
τὸν ὄχλονfrom ὄχλος, “crowd”	turbamfrom turba	τὸν ὄχλον: the crowd. Latin: turbam.
ἵναall forms, “so that, in order that”	utall forms	ἵνα: so that. Latin: ut.
μᾶλλονall forms, “more, rather”	magisall forms	μᾶλλον: instead, literally more, rather. Latin: magis, more.
τὸν Βαραββᾶνfrom Βαραββᾶς, “Barabbas”	Barabbamfrom Barabbās	τὸν Βαραββᾶν: Barabbas, in the accusative. Latin: Barabbam.
ἀπολύσῃfrom ἀπολύω, “to release”	dīmitteretfrom dīmittō	ἀπολύσῃ: he would release, a subjunctive after ἵνα. Latin: dīmitteret, also a subjunctive.
αὐτοῖςfrom αὐτός, “he, she, it; self”	eīsfrom is	αὐτοῖς: to them. Latin, eīs.

New core words

Greek

μᾶλλον more, rather

Latin

magis more, rather

Greek core words met125 / 345 Latin core words met135 / 345

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