| 5. Linguistic Exegesis The opening kai nyn {καὶ νῦν | kaí nŷn} ‘and now’ signals a transition to the climactic petition. Doxason {δόξασον | do-xa-són} ‘glorify’ functions as the imperative controlling verb, placed at the clause’s start to emphasize urgency. The vocative sy pater {σύ πάτερ | sý pá-ter} ‘Father’ combines the emphatic pronoun and intimate address, situating the prayer in a relational context. The pair of prepositional frames para seautō {παρὰ σεαυτῷ | pará se-au-tôi} ‘alongside Yourself’ and para soi {παρὰ σοί | pará soí} ‘beside You’ emphasizes shared presence rather than spatial motion. The relative clause tē doxē hē eichon {τῇ δόξῃ ᾗ εἶχον | tē̂ dóxē hē̂ eî-chon} ‘the glory which I had’ specifies the nature of the honor to be restored, and the temporal phrase pro tou ton kosmon einai {πρὸ τοῦ τὸν κόσμον εἶναι | pró toû tòn kós-mon eî-nai} ‘before the world existed’ situates that glory prior to creation. |