| 12. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with the coordinating conjunction kai {καὶ | kaí}, linking this action to the previous sending of servants. The verb prosetheto {προσέθετο | pros-É-the-to} takes the complementary infinitive pempsai {πέμψαι | PÉM-psai}, forming the idiomatic expression “he added to send,” which conveys the idea of sending yet another servant. The accusative triton {τρίτον | TRÍ-ton} specifies that this is the “third” in sequence, functioning as the object associated with the infinitive. The nominative plural article hoi {οἱ | hoí} is used substantively as the subject “they,” referring to the tenants, with de {δὲ | dé} marking a mild contrast to the previous narrative and a second kai {καὶ | kaí} intensifying the addition “also.” The demonstrative touton {τοῦτον | toû-ton} points emphatically to “this one,” the third servant. The aorist participle traumatisantes {τραυματίσαντες | trau-ma-TÍ-san-tes} is adverbial and antecedent to the main verb, indicating that the wounding occurred prior to the climactic action: exebalon {ἐξέβαλον | ex-É-ba-lon}, “they cast out.” The participle–indicative sequence highlights a pattern of escalating violence that culminates in expulsion, which is reflected in translation by preserving the temporal ordering (“wounded … and cast him out”) and the narrative progression (“And he added a third … Then he sent a third”). |