| 4. Linguistic Exegesis The verse presents a third-class condition introduced by ean de {ἐὰν δὲ | eán dè} ‘but if’, marking a real yet uncertain possibility. The evaluative adjective axion {ἄξιον | áx-i-on} ‘appropriate’ with the subjunctive verb ē {ᾖ | ê} ‘it is’ forms the protasis core, assessing if the action is suitable. The articular infinitive tou kame poreuesthai {τοῦ κἀμὲ πορεύεσθαι | toû kamé po-reú-es-thai} functions substantivally as the content of that evaluation, meaning ‘that I also should go’, with kame {κἀμὲ | kamé} compressing kai eme ‘and me’. The apodosis uses the future middle poreusontai {πορεύσονται | po-reú-son-tai} ‘they will go’, indicating the contingent outcome, and syn emoi {σὺν ἐμοί | sún emoí} specifies accompaniment. English renders the articular infinitive with a finite clause in the formal version and retains an infinitival phrase in the dynamic version to preserve both evaluative nuance and sense of shared participation. |