| 1. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with the temporal prepositional phrase en {Ἐν | En} tē hēmera ekeinē {τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ | tē hē-mé-rāi e-keí-nēi} “in that day,” situating the narrative in continuity with the preceding events. The aorist participle exelthōn {ἐξελθὼν | e-xel-thṓn} “having gone out” precedes the articulated subject ho Iesous {ὁ Ἰησοῦς | ho Iē-soûs}, forming a circumstantial participial construction that describes his movement from tēs oikias {τῆς οἰκίας | tēs oi-kí-as} “of the house.” The main imperfect verb ekathēto {ἐκάθητο | e-ká-thē-to} portrays Jesus’ seated posture as a sustained state. The prepositional phrase para tēn thalassan {παρὰ τὴν θάλασσαν | pa-rá tēn thá-las-san} “by the sea” indicates proximity along the shoreline. In English, the participial construction is rendered as a coordinated main verb (“went out … and sat”) to preserve the sequence of actions and maintain clarity in word order. |