| 28. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with the temporal adverb tote {τότε | tó-te} “then,” linking this scene to the preceding dialogue. The participle apokritheis {ἀποκριθεὶς | a-po-kri-theìs} “having answered” precedes the main finite verb eipen {εἶπεν | eî-pen} “he said,” forming an attendant circumstance construction in which the participle and main verb together present a single, vivid action: Jesus responds by speaking. The subject is made explicit by ho Iesous {ὁ Ἰησοῦς | ho Iē-soûs}, with the article plus proper name functioning as a definite, known participant in the narrative. The dative pronoun autē {αὐτῇ | au-têi} “to her” marks the indirect object, identifying the woman as the recipient of His words. The vocative sequence Ō gynai {Ὦ γύναι | Ō Gý-nai} “O woman” conveys direct address with both emotional weight and respect. The clause megalē sou hē pistis {μεγάλη σου ἡ πίστις | me-gá-lē sou hē pí-stis} is an equative structure in which the predicate adjective megalē “great” stands first for emphasis, followed by the possessive sou “your” and the subject hē pistis “the faith,” producing the forceful commendation “great is your faith.” The imperative genēthētō soi {γενηθήτω σοι | ge-nē-thḗ-tō soi} “let it be done for you” is a third person aorist passive imperative expressing a decisive, authoritative granting, while the comparative clause hōs theleis {ὡς θέλεις | hōs thé-leis} “as you desire” specifies that the granting matches her own expressed will. The coordinating kai {καὶ | kaí} introduces the result clause iathē hē thygatēr autēs {ἰάθη ἡ θυγάτηρ αὐτῆς | iá-thē hē thu-gá-tēr au-tês} “her daughter was healed,” with apo tēs hōras ekeinēs {ἀπὸ τῆς ὥρας ἐκείνης | a-po tēs hō-ras e-keí-nēs} “from that hour” functioning as a temporal prepositional phrase marking the exact point at which the healing took effect. In translation, the participial construction is rendered with a simple narrative sequence “answered and said/replied,” the fronted adjective megalē is preserved by placing “great” early in the clause, the imperative is expressed either formally as “let it be done” or dynamically as “let it happen,” and the idiom “from that hour” is clarified in one rendering as “from that very hour” to communicate immediacy. |