| 15. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with the narrative clause kai eipen autois {καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς | kaí eîpen autoîs} “and He said to them,” linking this command to the preceding account. The participle Poreuthentes {Πορευθέντες | Po-reu-thén-tes} “having gone” functions adverbially in an attendant circumstance construction with the imperative keryxate {κηρύξατε | kē-rý-xa-te} “proclaim,” indicating the going and proclaiming are concomitant actions. The prepositional phrase eis ton kosmon hapanta {εἰς τὸν κόσμον ἅπαντα | eis tón kósmon hápanta} specifies the mission’s universal scope, with hapanta intensifying kosmon. The direct object to euangelion {τὸ εὐαγγέλιον | tó eu-ang-gé-li-on} “the gospel” is marked by the article for specificity. The dative phrase pase te ktisei {πάσῃ τῇ κτίσει | pásē tē̂ ktí-sei} designates “every creature” as the audience, conveying universality through the Greek dative. In both translations, the participle’s sense is rendered as the imperative “Go” to preserve its commanding force, with the formal version echoing Greek structure via a comma before “and” and the dynamic version presenting a fluid English command. The recipients phrase is expressed with “to” in both renderings to clarify the directed action of the proclamation. |