| 19. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with the aorist middle participle aspasamenos {ἀσπασάμενος | aspasámenos} rendering a temporal circumstance (“after greeting them”), setting the context for the main imperfect middle indicative exēgeito {ἐξηγεῖτο | exēgeîto} rendered as past narrative in both reconstructions (“he recounted,” “he carefully described”) to convey ongoing or iterative discourse. The prepositional-distributive phrase kathʼ hén hékaston {καθʼ ἓν ἕκαστον | kath' hén hékaston} functions adverbially to highlight the item-by-item nature of the account, rendered explicitly as “in detail” in the formal and idiomatically as “carefully” in the dynamic. The relative genitive clause hōn epoíēsen ho theós {ὧν ἐποίησεν ὁ θεὸς | hōn epoíēsen ho theós} identifies God as the agent, with the dative phrase en toîs éthnesin {ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν | en toîs éthnesin} locating those deeds among the nations and the genitive instrument phrase diá tês diakonías autoû {διὰ τῆς διακονίας αὐτοῦ | diá tês diakonías autoû} indicating that God’s work was carried out through Paul’s service. |