| 13. Linguistic Exegesis The verse is a compact predictive clause built around apobesetai {ἀποβήσεται | apobḗsetai} ‘will turn out,’ a future middle form that presents the event as an outcome that will unfold. The dative humin {ὑμῖν | hymîn} ‘for you’ marks the people for whom the result is relevant, placing the disciples at the center of the statement. The prepositional phrase eis martyrion {εἰς μαρτύριον | eis martyrion} ‘into testimony’ expresses result or intended function rather than physical motion, so English naturally smooths it into a testimony-type rendering. The Greek order moves from outcome to recipients to result, preserving the emphasis that the coming pressure is not meaningless but will function as witness. |