| 15. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with the emphatic subject egō {ἐγὼ | egṓ} ‘I’, placing the speaker in focus before the postpositive connector gar {γὰρ | gar} ‘for’, which ties the promise to the preceding context. The future verb dōsō {δώσω | dṓ-sō} ‘I will give’ presents the action as a confident pledge, while hymin {ὑμῖν | hy-mîn} identifies the disciples as the direct recipients. The paired objects stoma kai sophian {στόμα καὶ σοφίαν | stó-ma kaí so-phí-an} work together as a coordinated unit: stoma evokes utterance, and sophia specifies the quality and effectiveness of that utterance. The relative pronoun hē {ᾗ | hē̂} introduces a clause of means or result, pointing back to the granted wisdom as the instrument through which opposition will fail. Within that clause, ou dynēsontai {οὐ δυνήσονται | ou dy-nḗ-son-tai} expresses inability in the future, and it governs the two infinitives antistēnai {ἀντιστῆναι | an-ti-stê-nai} and anteipein {ἀντειπεῖν | an-tei-peîn}, which together cover both forceful resistance and verbal rebuttal. The final phrase hapantes hoi antikeimenoi hymin {ἅπαντες οἱ ἀντικείμενοι ὑμῖν | há-pan-tes hoi an-ti-keí-me-noi hy-mîn} gathers the opponents into a totalizing description and places them after the verb for emphasis, underlining that every adversary is included in the promise of failure. |