| 8. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with the temporal phrase te de epaurion {τῇ δὲ ἐπαύριον | tē dè epáurion} ‘on the next day,’ which anchors the narrative and uses a dative article with an accusative temporal noun for time. Two aorist participles, exelthontes {ἐξελθόντες | exelthóntes} ‘having gone out’ and eiselthontes {εἰσελθόντες | eiselthóntes} ‘having entered,’ precede the indicatives, ēlthómen {ἤλθομεν | ēlthómen} ‘we came’ and emeínamen {ἐμείναμεν | emeínamen} ‘we stayed,’ marking prior actions. The prepositional phrase eis Kaisáreian {εἰς Καισάρειαν | eis Kaisáreian} ‘into Caesarea’ indicates motion, while eis ton oîkon Philíppou {εἰς τὸν οἶκον Φιλίππου | eis tòn oîkon Philíppou} ‘into the house of Philip’ specifies the site. The genitive apposition Philíppou tou euangelistoû {Φιλίππου τοῦ εὐαγγελιστοῦ | Philíppou toû euangelistoû} ‘of Philip the evangelist’ identifies his role, and the participial genitive óntos {ὄντος | óntos} ‘being,’ with ek tôn heptá {ἐκ τῶν ἑπτὰ | ek tôn heptá} ‘from the seven,’ acts as a genitive absolute to define his membership in the appointed group. Finally, emeínamen par autṓ {ἐμείναμεν παρʼ αὐτῷ | emeínamen par autṓ} ‘we stayed with him’ uses par with the dative to express lodging and hospitality. The participles are rendered with narrative clauses (e.g., “upon entering”) to preserve sequence and theological nuance. |