| 43. Linguistic Exegesis The narrative uses the coordinating conjunction kai and the adverb parachrema {παραχρῆμα | pa-ra-khrê-ma} ‘immediately’ to link the man’s healing to its immediate aftermath. The aorist indicative aneblepsen {ἀνέβλεψεν | a-né-blep-sen} ‘he regained sight’ portrays the recovery as a completed event, while the imperfect ekolouthei {ἠκολούθει | ē-ko-loú-thei} ‘he was following’ indicates ongoing action toward Jesus. The participle doxazon {δοξάζων | doks-á-zōn} ‘glorifying’ is nominative and coordinated with the main verb, showing that praising accompanies his following. In the second clause, the aorist participle idon {ἰδὼν | i-dṑn} ‘seeing’ with the subject pas ho laos ‘all the people’ forms a temporal-causal clause: when they saw, they gave praise (edoken ainon {ἔδωκεν αἶνον | é-dō-ken aî-non}). The dative theō {θεῷ | the-ṓ} ‘to God’ marks the divine recipient of the crowd’s acclaim. English renders the participles as temporal and manner constructions (“upon seeing,” “praising”) to preserve the flow and emphasis of the Greek sequence. |