surely not
meti introduces questions that press for a negative or doubtful reply in the supplied verses.
As a particle, μήτι marks questions framed toward denial, improbability, or doubt: the supplied clauses ask whether an expected negative is true, challenge an implausible possibility, or voice uncertainty.
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Particle introducing negatively framed questions · dominant
The supplied form is tagged Particle throughout and occurs in interrogative clauses. In Mark 14:19 the APB renders the disciples' question "Surely not I?"; in Luke 6:39 it frames the question of whether a blind person can guide another blind person; and in John 4:29 it accompanies the woman's uncertain question, "Could this be the Christ?"
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously presents the particle through questions such as "Surely not I?", "Surely no one can", "Am I a Jew?", and "Could this be the Christ?" These phrases show the verse-level interrogative framing rather than a fixed English equivalent.