| 21. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with the temporal prepositional phrase en ekeinē tē hōrā {ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ὥρᾳ | en ekéīnē tē hṓrā} ‘at that hour’, marking the precise moment of Jesus’s actions. The main verb etherapeusen {ἐθεράπευσεν | etherápeusen} ‘he healed’ in the aorist active indicative third person singular signifies a completed restorative act. Its direct object polloús {πολλοὺς | pollous} ‘many’ is followed by a series of partitive genitives introduced by apó {ἀπὸ | apó} ‘from’: nósōn {νόσων | nósōn} ‘diseases’, mastigṓn {μαστιγῶν | mastigṓn} ‘scourges’, and pneúmatōn ponērōn {πνευμάτων πονηρῶν | pneúmatōn ponērōn} ‘evil spirits’, specifying the ailments removed. A double dative tufloîs polloîs {τυφλοῖς πολλοῖς | tufloîs polloîs} ‘to many blind’ identifies the beneficiaries of the sight-giving act. The verb echarísato {ἐχαρίσατο | echarísato} ‘he graciously gave’ with its complementary infinitive blépein {βλέπειν | blépein} ‘to see’ underscores both the nature and result of the gift, highlighting the scope and specificity of Jesus’s healing ministry. |