| 24. Linguistic Exegesis The sentence opens with a counterfactual conditional protasis introduced by ei {εἰ | eí} ‘if’, and the fronted object ta erga {τὰ ἔργα | tà érga} ‘the works’ gives immediate emphasis to Jesus’ deeds. The phrase en autois {ἐν αὐτοῖς | en autois} ‘among them/in their midst’ locates the action within the recipients’ own setting, while the relative clause ha oudeis allos epoiēsen {ἃ οὐδεὶς ἄλλος ἐποίησεν | ha oudeis allos epoiēsen} ‘which no one else did’ isolates the works as unique and unmatched. The apodosis hamartian ouk eichosan {ἁμαρτίαν οὐκ εἴχοσαν | hamartian ouk eichosan} ‘they would have had no sin’ states the unrealized moral consequence, and nyn de {νῦν δὲ | nyn de} ‘but now’ pivots from hypothesis to present reality. The perfect forms heorakasin and memisekasin {ἑωράκασιν καὶ μεμισήκασιν | heorakasin kai memisekasin} ‘they have seen and have hated’ present completed actions with continuing effect, and the final coordination kai eme kai ton patera mou {καὶ ἐμὲ καὶ τὸν πατέρα μου | kai eme kai ton patera mou} ‘both Me and My Father’ binds the Son and the Father together so that rejection of the one entails rejection of the other. |