| 4. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with the emphatic subject pronoun autoi {Αὐτοὶ | Au-toí} combined with the particles men {μὲν | mén} and oun {οὖν | oûn} to indicate a transition. The aorist passive participle ekpemphthentes {ἐκπεμφθέντες | ek-pemph-thén-tes} forms a circumstantial clause with the main verb katelthon {κατῆλθον | ka-têl-thon}, showing that the sending by the Spirit precedes the descent. The agent phrase hypo tou hagiou pneumatos {ὑπὸ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος | hy-pó toû hagí-ou pneú-ma-tos} marks the Holy Spirit as the initiator. The directional phrase eis Seleukeian {εἰς Σελεύκειαν | eis Se-leú-kei-an} specifies the destination, and the adverb ekeithen {ἐκεῖθέν | e-keí-thén} ‘from there’ with te {τε | te} links to apepleusan {ἀπέπλευσαν | a-pé-pleu-san}, coordinating the land descent with the sea voyage to Kupron {Κύπρον | Ký-pron}. |