| 35. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with the coordinating conjunction kai {καὶ | kaí}, linking this event to the prior narrative. The aorist participle epignontes {ἐπιγνόντες | epignóntes} functions temporally, indicating that once the local men recognized Him, the main actions follow. The pronoun auton {αὐτόν | autón} as the object of recognition precedes the subject hoi andres tou topou ekeinou {οἱ ἄνδρες τοῦ τόπου ἐκείνου | hoi ándres tou tó-pou ekeínou}, highlighting Jesus before identifying the agents. The first finite verb apesteilan {ἀπέστειλαν | apésteilan} “they sent” governs the prepositional phrase eis holēn tēn perikhōron ekeinen {εἰς ὅλην τὴν περίχωρον ἐκείνην | eis hólēn tēn períkhōron ekeínēn}, where holēn intensifies the totality of the region. The coordinating conjunction kai introduces the second main verb prosēnenkan {προσήνεγκαν | prosḗnenkan} “they brought,” which takes a double object structure: autō {αὐτῷ | autô} “to Him” as the indirect object and pantas tous kakōs ekhontas {πάντας τοὺς κακῶς ἔχοντας | pántas tous kakō̂s échontas} as a substantival participial phrase meaning “all who were ill.” In English, the temporal participle is rendered as a subordinate clause, the emphatic totality of the region is captured by “throughout all that surrounding region” or “across the whole nearby district,” and the participial idiom is rendered naturally as “all those who were sick” or “everyone who was sick.” |