| 13. Linguistic Exegesis The narrative adverb tote {τότε | tó-te} shifts to Paul’s response. The aorist indicative apekrithē {ἀπεκρίθη | a-pe-kri-thē} introduces direct speech, with the interrogative ti poieite {Τί ποιεῖτε | tí poi-ei-te} functioning as a rhetorical question. The participles klaiontes {κλαίοντες | klái-on-tes} and synthryptontes {συνθρύπτοντές | syn-thrýp-ton-tes} depict ongoing emotional actions that “break” Paul’s kardia {καρδίαν | kar-dí-an}, revealing his empathetic pain. The explanation gar {γὰρ | gar} leads into egō gar ou monon dethēnai alla kai apothanein {ἐγὼ γὰρ οὐ μόνον δεθῆναι ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀποθανεῖν | e-gṓ gar ou mó-non de-thê-nai al-lá kaí a-po-tha-nein}, where the correlative ou monon … alla kai contrasts “to be bound” with “to die,” both infinitives completing echo {ἔχω | é-khō}. The adverb hetoimos {ἑτοίμως | he-toi-mōs} intensifies Paul’s readiness. The purpose phrase hyper tou onomatos tou kyriou Iesou {ὑπὲρ τοῦ ὀνόματος τοῦ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ | hy-per tou o-nó-ma-tos tou ky-rí-ou Iē-soû} signals sacrificial commitment “for the sake of the name of the Lord Jesus,” with the name expressing authority and reputation. |