| 6. Linguistic Exegesis The verse presents a two-part directive framed by the narrative verb eipen {εἶπεν | eí-pen} ‘he said’. First, the nominal phrase hekaton batous elaiou {Ἑκατὸν βάτους ἐλαίου | he-ka-tón bá-tous e-laí-ou} ‘one hundred baths of oil’ stands without a verb to state the original quantity. A resumptive ho de eipen autō {ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ | ho dé eí-pen au-tō} ‘but he said to him’ introduces the ensuing commands. The middle imperative dexai {δέξαι | déx-ai} ‘take’ governs sou ta grammata {σοῦ τὰ γράμματα | soû ta grám-ma-ta} ‘your record’, indicating the retrieval of the debt instrument. The participle kathisas {καθίσας | ka-thí-sas} ‘having sat down’, as an attendant circumstance with the adverb tacheōs {ταχέως | ta-ché-ōs} ‘swiftly’, sets up the main imperative grapson {γράψον | grá-pson} ‘write’, which takes pentekonta {πεντήκοντα | pen-tḗ-kon-ta} ‘fifty’ as an accusative of extent. The conjunction kai {καὶ | kaí} ‘and’ links the participial action to the final command, emphasizing the immediate revision of the written debt. |