| 48. Linguistic Exegesis The verse continues the relative construction with hen {ἣν | hēn} ‘which’, whose antecedent is the net mentioned previously. The temporal conjunction hote {ὅτε | hó-te} introduces a subordinate time clause, with eplerothe {ἐπληρώθη | e-plē-RŌ-thē} describing the net’s state “when it was filled.” The aorist participles anabibasantes {ἀναβιβάσαντες | a-na-bi-BÁ-san-tes} and kathisantes {καθίσαντες | ka-THÍ-san-tes} are circumstantial, portraying actions that are prior or attendant to the main verbs sunelexan {συνέλεξαν | sy-NÉ-le-xan} and ebalon {ἔβαλον | É-ba-lon}. The prepositional phrase epi ton aigialon {ἐπὶ τὸν αἰγιαλὸν | e-pì tón ai-gi-a-LÓN} marks movement onto the shore as the setting for the sorting. The neuter plural adjectives ta kala {τὰ καλὰ | tà ka-LÀ} and ta de sapra {τὰ δὲ σαπρὰ | tà dè sa-PRÀ} function substantivally as “the good” and “the bad,” contrasted by de {δὲ | dè}. Their differing fates are expressed through the directional phrase eis ange {εἰς ἄγγη | eis Áng-gē} (“into containers”) for the good and the adverb exo {ἔξω | Éx-ō} (“outside”) with ebalon for the bad. In English, the participles are rendered as coordinated finite clauses to maintain clear narrative sequencing, while the contrastive structure is preserved to underscore the parable’s focus on separation and discernment. |