| 17. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with the genitive absolute construction genomenon hēmōn {Γενομένων δὲ ἡμῶν | Genoménōn dè hēmōn} ‘When we had come’, a circumstantial participial phrase providing temporal background. The postpositive conjunction de {δὲ | dè} links this clause to the preceding narrative. The prepositional phrase eis Hierosolyma {εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα | eis Hierosólyma} ‘into Jerusalem’ specifies the goal and anchors the scene in the central holy city. The adverb asménōs {ἀσμένως | asménōs} ‘gladly’ modifies the main verb and conveys the manner of reception. The verb apedéxanto {ἀπεδέξαντο | apedéxanto} ‘they received’ in the middle voice suggests personal involvement or warmth, with hēmas {ἡμᾶς | hēmas} ‘us’ as the object and hoi adelphoí {οἱ ἀδελφοί | hoi adelphoí} ‘the brothers’ as the subject. In English, the genitive absolute is rendered as a temporal clause (“When we arrived”), preserving the sequence of arrival followed by a warm welcome. |