| 34. Linguistic Exegesis The impersonal aorist indicative edoxe {Ἔδοξε | é-dok-se} ‘it seemed good’ functions as a decision expression that lacks an explicit subject. The postpositive conjunction de {δὲ | dè} ‘but’ contrasts this clause with the preceding narrative. The dative of advantage tṓ Silas {τῷ Σίλᾳ | tṓ sí-las} marks Silas as the beneficiary of the decision. The infinitive epimeinai {ἐπιμεῖναι | e-pi-meî-nai} ‘to remain’ specifies the chosen action. The genitive pronoun autou {αὐτοῦ | au-toû} ‘there’ functions adverbially to indicate location relative to the earlier setting. In translation, the impersonal structure is rendered with an explicit agent and flagged as a textual variant addition. |