Matthew 16:5 — ExegesisTAB

The participle elthontes {ἐλθόντες | elthóntes} functions as a circumstantial temporal clause indicating the moment of arrival. It connects with the coordinating conjunction kai {Καὶ | Kaí}, linking the action of coming to the main statement. The articular noun phrase hoi mathetai {οἱ μαθηταὶ | hoi mathētai} serves as the subject for both the participle and the main verb. The prepositional phrase eis tò peran {εἰς τὸ πέραν | eis tò péran} indicates movement to the far side of the lake. The aorist middle indicative epelathonto {ἐπελάθοντο | epeláthonto} describes a completed failure, with the infinitive labein {λαβεῖν | la-beîn} specifying the object of omission and artous {ἄρτους | ár-tous} marking the content forgotten. In translation, the formal emphasizes omission with “failed to bring any bread,” while the dynamic restores the forgetting action with “forgot to bring any bread.”