Acts 13:29 — ExegesisTAB

The verse begins with the temporal conjunction hos de {ὡς δὲ | hōs dè} followed by the aorist verb etelesan {ἐτέλεσαν | etélesan}, forming a temporal clause “when they completed,” which sets the time frame for the subsequent actions. The object of etelesan is the expanded phrase panta ta peri autou gegrammena {πάντα τὰ περὶ αὐτοῦ γεγραμμένα | pánta tà perì autoû gegramména}, in which panta tà “all the things” is modified by the prepositional phrase peri autou “concerning him” and the attributive perfect passive participle gegrammena “having been written,” indicating divinely recorded plans now fully carried out. The participle kathelontes {καθελόντες | kathelóntes}, together with its prepositional phrase apo tou xylou {ἀπὸ τοῦ ξύλου | apó toû xýlou} “from the tree,” functions as an adverbial participle of attendant circumstance or sequence, describing an action performed by the same implicit subject as the main verb. The main narrative verb is ethekan {ἔθηκαν | éthēkan} “they placed,” whose goal is expressed by the prepositional phrase eis mnemeion {εἰς μνημεῖον | eis mnēmeîon} “into a tomb.” The Greek thus moves in a clear sequence: completion of what was written, removal from the cross, and placement in the tomb. The English renderings preserve this temporal and logical flow by using “when” for the initial clause, keeping the participial phrase “having taken Him down” close to the main verb, and representing the prepositional phrases with natural equivalents “from the tree/cross” and “into a tomb.”