| 42. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with the genitive absolute participial phrase exionton {Ἐξιόντων | Exiṓntōn} “as they were going out,” which sets a temporal backdrop for the ensuing action, linked to the prior scene by the postpositive connective de {δὲ | dè} “and/now.” The imperfect indicative parekaloun {παρεκάλουν | parekáloun} “they were urging” portrays repeated or ongoing appeals directed toward the departing speakers, with the genitive auton {αὐτῶν | autôn} “of them” identifying those who are leaving as the ones being solicited. The construction eis to metaxy sabbaton {εἰς τὸ μεταξὺ σάββατον | eis tò metaxý sábbaton} “for the next Sabbath” expresses the desired time frame of the request, where metaxy {μεταξὺ | metaxý} functions substantivally with the article to denote the intervening or following Sabbath. The aorist passive infinitive lalethenai {λαληθῆναι | lalēthênai} “to be spoken” gives the content of the request in infinitival form, and the dative autois {αὐτοῖς | autoîs} “to them” marks the intended recipients of the renewed speaking. The object phrase ta rhemata tauta {τὰ ῥήματα ταῦτα | tà rhḗmata taûta} “these words” points back to the just-delivered message, emphasizing its significance and the hearers’ desire to hear it again. In translation, the genitive absolute is rendered as a temporal clause, and the infinitive as a finite clause introduced by “that,” to maintain natural English flow while preserving the sequential structure and focus of the Greek. |