| 1. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with the temporal clause hos de egeneto {Ὡς δὲ ἐγένετο | Hōs dè egéneto} ‘and when it happened,’ which introduces the main narrative event. The infinitive anachthēnai {ἀναχθῆναι | anachthēnai} ‘to set sail’ takes hēmas {ἡμᾶς | hēmâs} ‘us’ as its accusative subject, while the participle apospasthentas {ἀποσπασθέντας | apospasthéntas} ‘having been parted’ in the accusative masculine plural parallels the infinitive to describe separation from autōn {αὐτῶν | autôn} ‘them.’ The nominative participle euthydromēsantes {εὐθυδρομήσαντες | euthudromḗsantes} ‘having run a straight course’ functions as a circumstantial participle modifying the main verb ēlthomen {ἤλθομεν | ḗlthomen} ‘we came,’ indicating the manner of travel. A sequence of prepositional phrases with eis {εἰς | eis} plus accusative objects (tēn Kō, tēn Rhodon, Patara) maps the itinerary, with the dative adverbial phrase tē de hexēs {τῇ δὲ ἑξῆς | tē dè hexēs} ‘on the next day’ marking temporal progression, and kakeithen {κἀκεῖθεν | kakeîthen} ‘and from there’ linking the stages of the journey. The translation preserves this chronological and spatial sequence through clear temporal markers and coordinated phrases. |