| 32. Linguistic Exegesis kai {καί | kaí} ‘and’ functions as a narrative connector linking this action to the preceding events. The main verb elalesan {ἐλάλησαν | elálēsan} ‘they spoke’ is aorist active indicative, presenting the proclamation as a completed event. The dative pronoun auto {αὐτῷ | autō̂} ‘to him’ marks the primary recipient. The accusative phrase ton logon tou kyriou {τὸν λόγον τοῦ κυρίου | tón lógon tou kyríou} ‘the word of the Lord’ serves as the direct object, with kyriou indicating divine source. The preposition syn {σύν | sún} ‘with’ governs the dative phrase syn pasi tois en te oikia autou {σὺν πᾶσι τοῖς ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ αὐτοῦ | sún pâsi toîs en têi oikíāi autoû}, expressing association with “all those in his house.” The substantival article tois {τοῖς | toîs} ‘the’ effectively functions as “the ones,” and the prepositional phrase en {ἐν | en} ‘in’ te oikia autou conveys location. The formal reconstruction mirrors these dative constructions to preserve the Greek focus on both the jailer and his household as hearers, while the dynamic rendering unfolds the associative structure into an explicit clause to show that the household also heard the proclamation. |