| 6. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with the aorist verb dielthon {Διῆλθον | Diēl-thon} ‘they went through’, presenting the journey as a completed whole. The postpositive conjunction de {δὲ | de} links without strong contrast. The coordinated accusative phrase tēn Phrygían kai Galatikēn chōran {τὴν Φρυγίαν καὶ Γαλατικὴν χώραν | tēn Phrygí-an kai Ga-la-ti-kḗn chṓ-ran} treats two territories as a single traveled region. The aorist passive participle kōluthentes {κωλυθέντες | kō-lu-thén-tes} ‘having been prevented’ provides circumstantial background, indicating divine hindrance. The preposition hypo plus genitive marks the Holy Spirit as the agent of restraint. The infinitive lalēsai ton logon {λαλῆσαι τὸν λόγον | la-lē-sai tòn ló-gon} expresses the intended action of proclamation, and the dative en tē Asia {ἐν τῇ Ἀσίᾳ | en tē A-sí-a} specifies the geographic sphere. In English, the formal preserves the participial nuance, while the dynamic uses a contrasting “but” and finite verb to highlight the Spirit’s intervention. |