| 40. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with the circumstantial aorist participle statheis {σταθεὶς | sta-theìs} ‘having stood still’, which precedes the main verb and shares its subject with ho Iesous {ὁ Ἰησοῦς | ho Iē-soûs}, highlighting Jesus’ deliberate pause before acting. The postpositive de {δὲ | dè} marks a mild narrative transition. The main clause centers on ekeleusen {ἐκέλευσεν | e-ké-leu-sen} ‘he commanded’, with the accusative pronoun auton {αὐτὸν | au-tòn} functioning as the object of the command and the aorist passive infinitive achthenai {ἀχθῆναι | akh-thê-nai} ‘to be brought’ expressing what is to be done, while the prepositional phrase pros auton {πρὸς αὐτόν | pròs au-tón} indicates movement toward Jesus as the goal. The next segment opens with a genitive absolute construction, engisantos de autou {ἐγγίσαντος δὲ αὐτοῦ | en-gí-san-tos dè au-toû} ‘when he had come near’, providing a temporal frame independent of the main clause’s grammar and marking the successful completion of the man’s approach. The narrative then moves to the finite verb eperotesen {ἐπηρώτησεν | e-pē-rṓ-tē-sen} ‘he asked’, with auton {αὐτόν | au-tón} again as the object, transitioning the scene from movement into dialogue and setting up the question that follows in the next verse. |