| 13. Linguistic Exegesis The sentence begins with the open-ended petition clause ho ti an aitēsēte {ὅ τι ἂν αἰτήσητε | hó ti án aitḗsēte} ‘whatever you might ask’. The combination of the indefinite elements with ἄν keeps the request unrestricted while still contingent. The prepositional phrase en tō onomati mou {ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί μου | en tôi onomáti mou} ‘in My name’ governs the asking and identifies Jesus’ authority and relational alignment as the boundary of the petition. The demonstrative touto {τοῦτο | toûto} ‘this’ resumes the request and points forward to poiēsō {ποιήσω | poiḗsō} ‘I will do’, so the promise is not abstract but directly attached to the requested action. The final hina-clause, hina doxasthē ho patēr en tō huiō {ἵνα δοξασθῇ ὁ πατὴρ ἐν τῷ υἱῷ | hína doxasthḗ ho patḗr en tôi huīṓ}, states the purpose of the whole promise: the Father is to receive glory in the Son. The passive voice keeps the Father as the one honored, while en tō huiō locates that glorification in the Son as the visible setting of divine revelation. |