| 14. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with the fronted nominative pronoun autoi {αὐτοὶ | au-toí} 'they', followed by the postpositive conjunction de {δὲ | dé} 'but/and' which links to the preceding narrative. The aorist participle dielthontes {διελθόντες | di-el-thón-tes} 'having traveled' introduces a circumstantial clause of prior movement, governed by apo {ἀπὸ | apó} 'from' with its genitive complement Pérgēs {Πέργης | Pér-gēs} 'Perga' indicating departure. The main verb paregénonto {παρεγένοντο | pa-re-gé-non-to} 'they arrived' takes the prepositional phrase eis {εἰς | eis} 'into' + Antiocheian {Ἀντιόχειαν | An-ti-ó-khei-an} 'Antioch' + tḕn {τὴν | tḕn} 'the' + Pisidian {Πισιδίαν | Pi-si-dí-an} 'Pisidia' as its complement, specifying the destination. A parallel aorist participle eiselthóntes {εἰσελθόντες | ei-sel-thón-tes} 'having entered' introduces the action of entering the synagogue, with its object marked by eis {εἰς | eis} 'into' + synagōgēn {συναγωγὴν | sy-na-gō-gḕn} 'synagogue'. The temporal dative phrase têi hēmérāi tōn sabbátōn {τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῶν σαββάτων | têi hē-mé-rāi tôn sab-bá-tōn} 'on the Sabbath day' functions adverbially to set the time. The narrative concludes with ekáthisan {ἐκάθισαν | e-ká-thi-san} 'they sat down', which positions the characters for the ensuing synagogue address. |