| 27. Linguistic Exegesis The narrative begins with the aorist participle proselthontes {Προσελθόντες | pros-el-thón-tes} ‘having approached’, which functions temporally and circumstantially in relation to the main verb. The conjunction de {δέ | dé} links this event to the preceding discourse, while the combination of the indefinite pronoun tines {τίνες | tí-nes} with the genitive phrase ton Saddoukaion {τῶν Σαδδουκαίων | tôn sad-dou-ka-í-on} identifies a subset of the broader group of Sadducees. The nominative article hoi {οἱ | hoi} plus the participle antilegontes {ἀντιλέγοντες | an-ti-lé-go-ntes} form an adjectival participial phrase, “the ones denying,” characterizing this subset by their doctrinal stance. The object clause anastasin me einai {ἀνάστασιν μὴ εἶναι | a-ná-sta-sin mḕ eî-nai} contains an infinitival construction that expresses the content of their denial, with anastasin as the object of the infinitive einai and the negative particle me marking negation of the proposition. The aorist indicative eperotesan {ἐπηρώτησαν | e-pē-rṓ-tē-san} provides the main verbal action, “they questioned,” with auton {αὐτὸν | au-tòn} as the direct object, syntactically centering Jesus as the one being interrogated and highlighting a confrontational question-and-answer setting within the larger temple controversy narrative. |