| 37. Linguistic Exegesis The aorist verb apengeilan {ἀπήγγειλαν | apḗn-gei-lan} ‘they reported’ functions as the main narrative verb, with the postpositive de {δὲ | dè} marking a mild transition in the ongoing story. The dative auto {αὐτῷ | au-Tṓ} designates the indirect object, the man who receives the report. The conjunction hoti {ὅτι | HÓ-ti} introduces the content clause, turning what follows into the reported information. Within that clause, the noun phrase Iesous ho Nazoraios {Ἰησοῦς ὁ Ναζωραῖος | Iē-SOÛS ho Na-zō-RAI-os} serves as the subject, with the article ho binding the title Nazoraios closely to the proper name, forming a single identifying designation “Jesus the Nazarene.” The present indicative parerchetai {παρέρχεται | pa-RÉR-khe-tai} portrays an action currently in progress, heightening the immediacy that Jesus is at that very moment passing by. In English, subject–verb–object word order is maintained, with the hoti clause rendered by “that” and the present parerchetai expressed as “is passing by” in formal and “is coming this way” in dynamic, capturing the sense of Jesus’ movement through the man’s vicinity. |