| 24. Linguistic Exegesis The conditional particle ean {ἐάν | eán} ‘if’ plus the connective de {δέ | dé} ‘but’ frames the protasis. The present active subjunctive propheteuosin {προφητεύωσιν | pro-phe-teú-o-sin} ‘they prophesy’ denotes ongoing inspired speech, while the aorist subjunctive eiselthe {εἰσέλθῃ | ei-sél-thē} ‘should enter’ anticipates the arrival of tis {τις | tis} ‘someone’, described as apistos {ἄπιστος | á-pis-tos} ‘unbeliever’ or idiotes {ἰδιώτης | i-di-ō-tēs} ‘outsider’. The balanced apodosis employs two passive indicatives, elegchetai {ἐλέγχεται | e-léng-khe-tai} ‘is convicted/exposed’ and anakrinetai {ἀνακρίνεται | a-na-krí-ne-tai} ‘is examined/called to account’, each governed by hupo panton {ὑπὸ πάντων | hy-pó pán-tōn} ‘by all’, underscoring both moral conviction and communal evaluation triggered by the collective prophecy. |