| 32. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with kai {καὶ | kaí} ‘and,’ linking this statement to the previous account of Jesus and Peter on the sea. The genitive absolute anabantōn autōn {ἀναβάντων αὐτῶν | anabántōn autôn} provides a temporal circumstantial clause, indicating the action “when they had gone up” as background to the main clause. The preposition eis with the accusative case eis tò ploîon {εἰς τὸ πλοῖον | eis tò ploîon} marks the movement into the boat. In the main clause ekópasen ho ánemos {ἐκόπασεν ὁ ἄνεμος | ekópasen ho ánemos}, the aorist verb conveys an ingressive or culminative act of ceasing, and the verb–subject inversion foregrounds the sudden stopping of the wind. In English, the genitive absolute is rendered as a temporal clause to preserve both sequence and natural flow, and the aorist nuance guides the choice of “ceased” in formal and “stopped” in dynamic to reflect abrupt stilling. |