| 33. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with kai {καὶ | kaí}, linking this prediction to the preceding description of rejection. The aorist active participle mastigosantes {μαστιγώσαντες | mastigṓsantes} functions temporally in relation to the main verb, indicating an action completed prior to it, hence “after having flogged.” The future active indicative apoktenousin {ἀποκτενοῦσιν | apoktenoûsin} governs auton {αὐτόν | autón} as its direct object, expressing a definite future killing carried out by unspecified agents. A second kai {καὶ | kaí} connects this to the temporal dative phrase tē hemera tē trite {τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τρίτῃ | tê hēmérā tê trítē}, where the repeated article marks a particular, defined time, rendered as “on the third day.” The clause concludes with the future middle indicative anastesetai {ἀναστήσεται | anastḗsetai}; the middle voice can suggest the subject’s involvement in His own rising, while the broader context implies divine action. The syntax thus forms a tightly ordered sequence of events—flogging, killing, and resurrection on a specified day—emphasizing both the certainty of suffering and the assured vindication. |