| 5. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with the temporal conjunction hote {ὅτε | hó-te} ‘when’, followed by the intransitive verb egeneto {ἐγένετο | e-gé-ne-to} ‘it happened’, marking a narrative transition. The infinitive exartisai {ἐξαρτίσαι | ex-ar-tí-sai} ‘to complete’ depends on egeneto to express the completion of tas hemeras {τὰς ἡμέρας | tàs hē-mé-ras} ‘the days’, indicating a set period. The aorist participle exelthontes {ἐξελθόντες | ex-el-thón-tes} ‘having gone out’ is adverbial and precedes the imperfect main verb eporeuometha {ἐπορευόμεθα | e-po-reu-ó-me-tha} ‘we went’, creating a chronological sequence. The genitive absolute propempontōn hemas pantōn {προπεμπόντων ἡμᾶς πάντων | pro-pem-pón-tōn hē-mâs pán-tōn} adds the detail of communal escort, further defined by the prepositional phrase sun gunaixi kai teknois {σὺν γυναιξὶ καὶ τέκνοις | sún gy-naixí kaí ték-nois} ‘with women and children’. The limit-of-extension heōs exō tēs poleōs {ἕως ἔξω τῆς πόλεως | hé-ōs éx-ō tês pó-le-ōs} sets the boundary of their accompaniment. Finally, the participial clauses thentes ta gonata epi ton aigialon {θέντες τὰ γόνατα ἐπὶ τὸν αἰγιαλὸν | thén-tes tà gó-na-ta e-pì tón ai-gi-a-lón} ‘placing the knees on the shore’ and proseuxamenoi {προσευξάμενοι | pro-seu-xá-me-noi} ‘having prayed’ are rendered with finite verbs in English to preserve the sequence of kneeling and prayer while maintaining narrative flow. |