| 12. Linguistic Exegesis The sentence unfolds as two contrasting clauses joined by ἀλλά. Ἔτι {ἔτι | É-ti} ‘still, yet’ sets an ongoing temporal frame, while πολλὰ {πολλὰ | pol-lá} is fronted before ἔχω {ἔχω | é-khō} ‘I have’ so that the amount of unrevealed teaching is emphasized before the verb of possession. The infinitive λέγειν {λέγειν | lé-gein} ‘to say’ completes the ἔχω construction and expresses the content Jesus has available to communicate. The second clause pivots sharply with ἀλλʼ {ἀλλά | allá} and uses οὐ with δύνασθε {δύνασθε | dý-nas-the} ‘you are able’ to state a present inability rather than a permanent one. βαστάζειν {βαστάζειν | bas-tá-zein} ‘to bear, to carry’ preserves the metaphor of weight-bearing, so the issue is not the truth of the teaching but the disciples’ current capacity to receive it. The closing ἄρτι {ἄρτι | ár-ti} ‘now, presently’ narrows the limitation to the immediate moment, and the near-sounding contrast between ἔτι and ἄρτι reinforces the movement from ongoing disclosure to present unreadiness. |