| 6. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with the emphatic subject hēmeis {ἡμεῖς | hē-meîs} ‘we’, followed by the postpositive conjunction de {δὲ | dé}, signaling a new stage in the travel narrative while maintaining continuity with the preceding account. The aorist verb exepleusamen {ἐξεπλεύσαμεν | ex-e-pleús-a-men} ‘we sailed away’ introduces a completed action that marks a clear departure point. The temporal prepositional phrase meta tas hēmeras tōn azymōn {μετὰ τὰς ἡμέρας τῶν ἀζύμων | metá tàs hē-mé-ras tōn a-zý-mōn} ‘after the days of Unleavened Bread’ sets the time frame using an accusative of time within which, with the genitive tōn azymōn specifying the particular festival period. The prepositional phrase apo Philippon {ἀπὸ Φιλίππων | apó Phi-líp-pōn} ‘from Philippi’ indicates the point of departure. The coordinated aorist ēlthomen {ἤλθομεν | ḗl-tho-men} ‘we came’ continues the travel sequence, with pros autous {πρὸς αὐτοὺς | prós au-toús} ‘to them’ identifying the destination group and eis tēn Trōada {εἰς τὴν Τρῳάδα | eis tēn Trō-á-da} specifying the city of arrival. The phrase achri hēmerōn pente {ἄχρι ἡμερῶν πέντε | á-chri hē-me-rôn pén-te} functions as a temporal expression of extent, literally “until five days,” which is best rendered idiomatically as “in five days” in English to convey duration rather than a terminal point. The relative adverb hou {οὗ | hou} ‘where’ introduces a relative clause of place, with the aorist dietripsamen {διετρίψαμεν | di-e-tríp-sa-men} ‘we stayed’ describing the subsequent period of residence. The object hēmeras hepta {ἡμέρας ἑπτά | hē-mé-ras hep-tá} ‘seven days’ provides a second temporal specification, this time as an accusative of duration. The Greek maintains a tight chronological flow—departure, journey duration, arrival, and length of stay—which is preserved in English by structuring the sentence around clear time markers and sequential verbs. |