| 1. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with the temporal adverb tote {Τότε | Tó-te} followed by the inferential particle oun {οὖν | oûn}, forming a temporal and logical connector “then therefore” that ties this action directly to the preceding sentencing scene. The main finite verb elaben {ἔλαβεν | é-la-ben} introduces the first completed action, with an implicit third person singular subject that is then specified by the nominative phrase ho Pilatos {ὁ Πιλᾶτος | ho Pi-lâ-tos}. The object of this first verb is the accusative phrase ton Iesoun {τὸν Ἰησοῦν | tón Iē-soûn}, marking Jesus as the one upon whom the subsequent actions fall. The coordinating conjunction kai {καὶ | kaí} links a second aorist verb, emastigosen {ἐμαστίγωσεν | e-mas-tí-gō-sen}, to elaben, yielding a simple paratactic structure: “he took … and scourged.” Both verbs in the aorist indicative present the events as completed historical acts, with no mitigating qualifiers, underscoring the stark, judicial nature of the violence. In English, the implicit subject is made explicit as “Pilate” in a standard subject–verb–object order for clarity, and the two aorist verbs are rendered as sequential past actions (“took” and “scourged/had Him flogged”), preserving both the narrative flow and the sense of decisive actions taken against Jesus. |