| 12. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with the aorist indicative ēgagon {ἤγαγον | ḗ-ga-gon} “they brought,” which functions as the main narrative verb and implies a completed action following the preceding incident. The postpositive conjunction de {δὲ | dè} links this sentence to the prior context with a mild adversative or continuative sense, often conveyed simply by “but” in English. The object phrase ton paida zōnta {τὸν παῖδα ζῶντα | tón paî-da zôn-ta} combines article, noun, and participle in the accusative, where the participle zōnta modifies paida and highlights the state in which the young man is brought, namely “alive.” The coordinating conjunction kai {καὶ | kaí} introduces the result on the gathered group: pareklēthēsan ou metriōs {παρεκλήθησαν οὐ μετρίως | pa-re-klḗ-thē-san ou me-trí-ōs}. The passive verb pareklēthēsan presents the group as recipients of comfort, while the adverbial phrase ou metriōs uses litotes, a negation of “moderately,” to mean “greatly” or “very much.” English requires reordering for natural flow, so the idiom ou metriōs is rendered with a positive adverb such as “greatly,” preserving the intensified emotional response without the literal negated form. |