| 33. Linguistic Exegesis The opening phrase ho ouranos kai he ge {ὁ οὐρανὸς καὶ ἡ γῆ | ho ouranós kai hē gē} gathers the two coordinated nouns into a single subject complex before the verb appears. That placement gives the first clause a sweeping, universal scope: the whole created order is subject to change. The contrastive turn with hoi de logoi mou {οἱ δὲ λόγοι μου | hoi de logoi mou} pivots with de {δὲ | dé} to mark a clear shift from creation to the speaker’s own sayings. Mou {μου | mou} keeps those sayings personal and authoritative. The sequence ou me {οὐ μὴ | ou mē} with the future verb is the strongest way Greek denies a future event, so the translation must communicate complete impossibility rather than simple likelihood. The repeated verb pareleusontai {παρελεύσονται | pareleúsontai} creates deliberate antithesis: what belongs to creation can vanish, but what the speaker has said cannot. |