| 1. Linguistic Exegesis The opening temporal frame meta tauta {Μετὰ ταῦτα | Metà taû-ta} ‘after these things’ signals movement to a new scene without fixing an exact interval. The aorist ephanerosen {ἐφανέρωσεν | ephanérōsen} ‘he revealed’ governs the reflexive heauton {ἑαυτὸν | heautón} ‘himself,’ making the subject and the object of the action the same person: Jesus is the one who discloses Himself. The adverb palin {πάλιν | pá-lin} ‘again’ marks recurrence and keeps the verse tied to earlier resurrection appearances. The articular subject ho Iesous {ὁ Ἰησοῦς | ho Iē-soûs} ‘the Jesus’ arrives after the verbal core, a marked word order that foregrounds the action of revelation before naming the actor. Tois mathetais {τοῖς μαθηταῖς | toîs mathētaîs} ‘to the disciples’ identifies the recipients of the manifestation, while epi tēs thalasses tēs Tiberiados {ἐπὶ τῆς θαλάσσης τῆς Τιβεριάδος | epì tês thalássēs tês Tiberiádos} ‘by the Sea of Tiberias’ provides the setting with a locative prepositional phrase. The final sequence ephanerosen de houtos {ἐφανέρωσεν δὲ οὕτως | ephanérōsen dè hoû-tōs} ‘and he revealed {himself} thus’ resumes the same verb and leaves the manner of manifestation suspended for the next verses, creating a deliberate narrative lead-in. |