| 15. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with the contrastive subject phrase heis de ex auton {εἷς δὲ ἐξ αὐτῶν | heîs dè ex autôn} “but one of them,” setting this individual over against the larger group previously mentioned. The aorist participle idon {ἰδὼν | idṓn} “having seen” functions adverbially, indicating the circumstance or temporal condition under which the main action occurs. It governs the indirect statement introduced by hoti {ὅτι | hóti} “that,” whose content is the passive verb iathe {ἰάθη | iáthē} “he was healed,” presenting the healing as a completed event recognized by the man. The principal finite verb of the clause is hupestrepsen {ὑπέστρεψεν | hupéstrepsen} “he returned,” an aorist indicative that narrates his decisive response to the realization of healing. The prepositional phrase meta phōnēs megalēs {μετὰ φωνῆς μεγάλης | metà phōnḗs megalḗs} “with a great voice” modifies the following present participle doxazon {δοξάζων | doxázōn} “glorifying,” describing the manner in which he is glorifying rather than simply the fact that he speaks. The present participle doxazon is contemporaneous with hupestrepsen, portraying his glorifying of God as an action in progress as he returns. The direct object phrase ton theon {τὸν θεόν | tòn theón} “God” identifies the explicit recipient of the glorification, thematically linking the man’s healed state to an immediate, vocal, and public acknowledgment of God. In translation, the participial structure is rendered with temporal and manner clauses (“when he saw,” “with a loud voice, glorifying”) to preserve the flow of narrative cause and response. |