| 4. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with the aorist imperative eipon {Εἰπὸν | Eipòn} ‘say’, which functions as a direct request from the disciples, giving the sentence its urgent tone. The indirect object hēmin {ἡμῖν | hēmîn} ‘to us’ specifies the intended recipients of the requested revelation. The first interrogative clause is introduced by the particle pote {πότε | póte} ‘when’, joined with the demonstrative tauta {ταῦτα | taûta} ‘these things’ and the future verb estai {ἔσται | éstai} ‘will be’, forming the question about the timing of the previously predicted events. The coordinating conjunction kai {καὶ | kaí} links this to a second, parallel question, marked by ti {τί | tí} ‘what’ and focused on to sēmeion {τὸ σημεῖον | tò sēmeîon} ‘the sign’ as the identifiable indicator of fulfillment. The temporal subordinate clause is introduced by hotan {ὅταν | hótan} ‘whenever/when’, which, combined with the subjunctive mellē {μέλλῃ | méllē} ‘is about’, conveys an indefinite but impending future: tauta {ταῦτα | taûta} ‘these things’ plus the passive infinitive sunteleisthai {συντελεῖσθαι | synteleîsthai} ‘to be accomplished’ and the adjective panta {πάντα | pánta} ‘all’ emphasize the complete realization of everything foretold. The Greek structure presents two coordinated interrogatives followed by a temporal clause, which is reflected in English by maintaining parallel question forms and a final “when” clause to preserve both the logical flow and the sense of climactic, total fulfillment. |