| 12. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with hōste {ὥστε | hṓ-ste} introducing a result clause, presenting what followed from Paul’s ministry described in the preceding context. The prepositional phrase epi tous asthenountas {ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀσθενοῦντας | epí toús asthenoûn-tas} uses epi with the accusative to indicate motion toward those who were sick, with the present participle asthenountas conveying their ongoing state of illness. The infinitive apopheresthai {ἀποφέρεσθαι | apo-phé-res-thai} functions as a complementary infinitive, describing the action of items being carried away. The source of these items is given by the prepositional phrase apo tou chrotos autou {ἀπὸ τοῦ χρωτὸς αὐτοῦ | apó toû khrō-tós au-toû}, where the genitive after apo marks separation from his skin, highlighting direct bodily contact. The objects of apopheresthai are the coordinated nouns soudaria ē simikinthia {σουδάρια ἢ σιμικίνθια | sou-dá-ria ē si-mi-kín-thi-a}, denoting small cloths and work aprons. A second infinitive, apallassesthai {ἀπαλλάσσεσθαι | a-pal-lás-se-sthai}, parallels apopheresthai and introduces the result on the recipients: to be freed from them the diseases, where ap’ autōn {ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν | ap au-tôn} refers back to the cloths. The object phrase tas nosous {τὰς νόσους | tas nó-sous} names physical ailments. The correlative construction ta te pneumata ta ponēra {τά τε πνεύματα τὰ πονηρὰ | tá te pnéu-ma-ta tá po-nē-rá} uses te with repeated ta to coordinate the spirits, the evil ones as a second result, governed by ekporeuesthai {ἐκπορεύεσθαι | ek-po-reú-es-thai} to go out. Thus the syntax binds physical healing and spiritual deliverance into a single result of indirect contact with Paul’s body, which the translation mirrors by retaining parallel clauses. |