| 8. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with the narrative present legei {λέγει | lé-gei}, a vivid historical present that draws the reader directly into the exchange. The indirect object autō {αὐτῷ | au-tō̂} follows immediately, keeping Jesus in view before the speaker is named with Philippos {Φίλιππος | Phí-lip-pos}. The vocative Kyrie {Κύριε | Ký-ri-e} marks direct and reverent address, and the aorist imperative deixon {δεῖξον | deî-xon} gives the request sharp, urgent force. The first dative hēmin {ἡμῖν | hē-mîn} identifies the intended beneficiaries of the requested action, while ton patera {τὸν πατέρα | tòn pa-té-ra} specifies the distinct object Philip wants disclosed. The coordinated clause kai arkei hēmin {καὶ ἀρκεῖ ἡμῖν | kaí ar-keî hē-mîn} completes the thought with a present-tense claim of sufficiency, so the verse moves from petition to confident consequence: if the Father is revealed, their need is met. The English renderings preserve this request-plus-sufficiency pattern while smoothing the Greek word order into natural direct speech. |