| 22. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with the coordinating conjunction kai {καὶ | kaí} ‘and’, linking this statement to Jesus’ earlier prediction of suffering. The aorist middle participle proslabomenos {προσλαβόμενος | pros-la-bó-me-nos} functions temporally as “after taking Him aside,” placing Peter’s private action before the main verb. The periphrastic construction ērxato {ἤρξατο | ḗr-xa-to} plus the present infinitive epitiman {ἐπιτιμᾶν | e-pi-ti-mân} conveys “began to rebuke,” emphasizing the onset of Peter’s protest. The pronouns auton {αὐτόν | au-tón} and autō {αὐτῷ | au-tôi} identify Jesus as the one taken aside and addressed. The participle legōn {λέγων | lé-gōn} introduces direct speech. Within the quotation, the interjection hí-le-ōs {Ἵλεώς | hí-le-ōs} with the dative soi {σοι | soi} forms the Greek jussive protest ‘far be it’, rendered as “Far be it from You” and “May this never happen to You.” The vocative kyrie {κύριε | ký-ri-e} intensifies the personal appeal to Jesus’ authority. The emphatic negative ou mḗ {οὐ μὴ | ou mḗ} with the future middle indicative estai {ἔσται | é-stai} creates “shall never” / “must not,” and the demonstrative touto {τοῦτο | toû-to} points back to Jesus’ predicted suffering. This structure preserves the temporal nuance, emotional urgency, and forceful denial in Peter’s rebuke. |