| 25. Linguistic Exegesis The sentence opens with the fronted demonstrative tauta {Ταῦτα | taû-ta} ‘these things,’ which gathers up the material Jesus has just delivered and gives the line a summary function. The perfect verb lelalēka {λελάληκα | le-lá-lē-ka} ‘I have spoken’ presents the speech as completed, yet still active in its effect. The first dative hymin {ὑμῖν | hy-mîn} marks the disciples as the recipients, while the preposition par {παρʼ | par} with the second hymin {ὑμῖν | hy-mîn} adds a close spatial sense, not merely a neutral accompanying idea. The final participle menon {μένων | mé-nōn} is a circumstantial participle agreeing with the implied subject and supplying the temporal background: Jesus is speaking while His presence with them continues. English therefore needs a temporal clause to unpack the compressed Greek structure without losing the sense of ongoing nearness. |