| 30. Linguistic Exegesis The narrative formula ho de eipen {ὁ δὲ εἶπεν | ho dè eî-pen} introduces the speaker’s reply, with de linking to the prior dialogue and eipen setting up direct speech. The emphatic negative particle ouchi {Οὐχί | ou-khí} conveys a strong refusal. The vocative phrase pater Abraam {πάτερ Ἀβραάμ | pá-ter A-bra-ám} marks direct address to Abraham. The adversative all’ {ἀλλʼ | all’}, rendered as “rather,” signals contrast with the expected alternative. The conditional protasis is built on ean {ἐάν | e-án} plus the aorist passive subjunctive poreuthē {πορευθῇ | po-reu-thê}, forming a third-class condition: “if someone should go,” while the prepositional phrase apo nekrōn {ἀπὸ νεκρῶν | a-pò ne-krôn} specifies origin “from the dead.” The apodosis uses the future indicative metanoēsousin {μετανοήσουσιν | me-ta-no-ê-sou-sin} to state the result “they will repent,” closing the logical if–then argument. |