| 37. Linguistic Exegesis The sentence begins with barnabas {Βαρναβᾶς | Bar-na-bâs} as the topical subject, immediately followed by the contrastive conjunction de {δὲ | dè}. The imperfect middle ebouleto {ἐβούλετο | e-boú-le-to} expresses Barnabas’s ongoing intention, complemented by the infinitive symparalabein {συμπαραλαβεῖν | sym-pa-ra-la-beîn} indicating what he wished to do. The accusative ton Ioannen {τὸν Ἰωάννην | tòn i-ō-ÁN-nēn} and the appositional ton kaloumenon Markon {τὸν καλούμενον Μᾶρκον | tòn ka-LOU-me-non MÂR-kon} refer to the same person by his Jewish and Greco-Roman names, with the participle kaloumenon functioning as a substantive modifier. English renderings preserve the sense of contrast, the durative aspect of the imperfect, and the dual-name identification. |