| 10. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with the circumstantial participle katabas {καταβὰς | katabàs} ‘having gone down’, setting the temporal background for Paul’s action. The conjunction de {δὲ | dè} links this narrative to the preceding context. The nominative ho Paulos {ὁ Παῦλος | ho Paûlos} marks Paul as the subject, followed by the aorist indicative epepesen {ἐπέπεσεν | epépesen} ‘fell upon him’, which communicates a sudden, caring motion, and the participle symperilabōn {συμπεριλαβὼν | sym-peri-la-bṓn} ‘having embraced’, adding compassion to the preceding act. The verb eipen {εἶπεν | eipen} introduces Paul’s speech, where mē thorybeisthe {Μὴ θορυβεῖσθε | mē thorybeîsthe} functions as a present passive imperative prohibiting distress. The explanatory conjunction gar {γὰρ | gar} introduces the reason clause hē psychē autou en autō estin {ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ ἐν αὐτῷ ἐστιν | hē psychḗ autou en autō estin}, with the nominative subject hē psychē ‘the soul’, the genitive autou indicating possession, and en autō ‘in him’ expressing continued life, while the present estin ‘is’ underscores present reality. The translation renders participles as finite verbs or temporal phrases for English readability and retains the causal clause with “for his soul is in him” as an assurance of life. |