| 1. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with paresan {Παρῆσαν | parḗsan} ‘they were present,’ employing the aorist to situate the report at a specific past moment. The conjunction de {δέ | dé} links the narrative to prior events and signals a transition. The temporal prepositional phrase en autō tō kairo {ἐν αὐτῷ τῷ καιρῷ | en autō̂ tṓ kairṓ} ‘at that time’ uses the demonstrative pronoun autō to stress immediacy. The nominative participle apangellontes {ἀπαγγέλλοντες | apangéllontes} modifies those present, indicating the action of reporting, while the dative autō marks Jesus as the indirect object. The content introduced by peri tōn Galilaion {περὶ τῶν Γαλιλαίων | perì tṓn Galilaíōn} ‘about the Galileans’ is further defined by the genitive relative clause hon to haima Pilatos emixen meta tōn thusion auton {ὧν τὸ αἷμα Πιλᾶτος ἔμιξεν μετὰ τῶν θυσιῶν αὐτῶν}, linking the group to the atrocity. The verb emixen ‘had mixed’ takes haima ‘blood’ as its object and meta tōn thusion auton ‘with their sacrifices’ indicates association. Pilatos placed between haima and emixen highlights him as the agent of the violent act. In English the aorist is rendered in the simple past to convey completed action prior to the report. |