| 27. Linguistic Exegesis The conjunction kai {καὶ | kaí} connects this statement to the preceding warning, framing a judicial response. The future indicative verb erei {ἐρεῖ | erêi} with the participle legōn {λέγων | légōn} sets up the forthcoming divine declaration, directed by the dative pronoun hymin {ὑμῖν | humîn}. Within the quote, the emphatic negation ouk {Οὐκ | Oúk} plus the perfect oida {οἶδα | oîda} expresses a settled denial of relational knowledge, while the interrogative pothen {πόθεν | póthen} signals unknown origin. The present indicative este {ἐστέ | esté} affirms their present status, and the aorist imperative apostēte {ἀπόστητε | apóstēte} issues a decisive command, centered by apʼ emou {ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ | apʼ emoû}. The nominative phrase pantes ergatai adikias {πάντες ἐργάται ἀδικίας | pántes ergátai adikías} characterizes those addressed as a group defined by unjust deeds, with adikias marking the moral quality. This construction preserves the judicial tone and relational break signaled in the Greek. |