| 25. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with the nominative participial clause asymphonoi de ontes {ἀσύμφωνοι δὲ ὄντες | asúmphōnoi dè óntes} “but being in disagreement,” which precedes the finite verb apelyonto {ἀπελύοντο | apelýonto}. This fronting of the participial description highlights the state of discord as the background for the action. The prepositional phrase pros allelous {πρὸς ἀλλήλους | pròs allḗlous} with the reciprocal pronoun emphasizes that the disagreement is mutual. The main narrative event is expressed by the imperfect apelyonto, conveying ongoing or developing departure, rendered with “began to leave” / “started to leave” in English to suggest a process rather than a single instant. The genitive absolute eipontos tou Paulou {εἰπόντος τοῦ Παύλου | eipóntos tou Paúlou} introduces a circumstantial clause, temporally interpreted as “after Paul had spoken.” The object of that speech is summarized by rhema hen {ῥῆμα ἓν | rhêma hén}, literally “one word,” idiomatically “one statement” or “single message,” with the following hoti-clause functioning in apposition, giving the content of that statement. Within the quotation, Kalos {Καλῶς | Kalôs} modifies the aorist verb elalesen {ἐλάλησεν | elálēsen}, asserting the correctness of the Holy Spirit’s prior speech. The subject is to pneuma to hagion {τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον | tò pneûma tò hágion}, and the preposition dia with the genitive Esaiou tou prophetou {Ἠσαΐου τοῦ προφήτου | Ēsaḯou tou prophḗtou} marks Isaiah as the prophetic instrument or channel. The prepositional phrase pros tous pateras hemon {πρὸς τοὺς πατέρας ἡμῶν | pròs toús patéras hēmôn} identifies the original audience, “our fathers,” connecting the current hearers with their ancestral generation. English rendering converts the participial and genitive-absolute structures into subordinate temporal clauses and uses direct quotation after “one statement” to keep the discourse flow clear while preserving the hierarchy of clauses and the emphasis on the Spirit’s authoritative speech through Scripture. |