| 21. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with the causal connector epeide gar {ἐπειδὴ γὰρ | epeidē gar} ‘for since’, linking this statement to the preceding discussion of resurrection. The first clause uses the prepositional phrase diʼ anthropou {διʼ ἀνθρώπου | diʼ anthrōpou} placed before the subject thanatos {θάνατος | thánatos} ‘death’, with the verb ‘came’ understood. The parallel clause repeats diʼ anthropou followed by anastasis nekrōn {ἀνάστασις νεκρῶν | anástasis nekrōn} ‘resurrection of the dead’, creating a balanced contrast: as death is mediated through a man, so the resurrection is mediated through a man. Anthropou functions as a genitive of agency with the preposition, and nekrōn is a partitive genitive specifying those receiving the resurrection. Implied verbs (‘came’, ‘comes’) are supplied to preserve the Greek’s rhetorical symmetry. |