| 9. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with the conjunction kai {καὶ | kaí} ‘and’, closely linking this sentence to the preceding narrative. The aorist participle labontes {λαβόντες | labóntes} ‘having taken’ functions adverbially, describing an action completed prior to the main verb and effectively marking the condition that had to be met before release could occur. The phrase to hikanon {τὸ ἱκανὸν | tò hikanón} ‘the sufficient (thing)’ is an accusative object used idiomatically for an adequate amount or form of security, most likely legal or financial. The preposition para {παρὰ | pará} ‘from’ governs the genitives tou Iasonos {τοῦ Ἰάσονος | toû Iásonos} and ton loipon {τῶν λοιπῶν | tôn loipôn}, indicating Jason and the rest as the sources from whom this security is obtained; the substantive use of loipon highlights that additional persons besides Jason are involved. The main clause centers on apelusan {ἀπέλυσαν | apélusan} ‘they released’, which takes autous {αὐτούς | autoús} ‘them’ as its direct object, referring to those previously brought before the authorities. The sequence of aorist participle plus aorist indicative presents a compact narrative: once the required bond had been taken, the authorities proceeded to release the accused. English renders the participial construction as a temporal or conditional clause (“after receiving”) to make this causal-temporal relationship explicit for modern readers. |