λογισάμενος ὅτι καὶ ἐκ νεκρῶν ἐγεῖραι δυνατὸς ὁ Θεός → in the belief that God was able to raise him up from the dead
(see also συστέλλω): abase, abridge, contract, curtail, furl, narrow, reduce, shorten, bring low, cut down, cut short