| 1. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with the narrative formula kai egeneto {Καὶ ἐγένετο | Kaí egéneto}, a Semitic-style connector that marks the transition to a new episode. This is followed by the temporal clause hote etelesen ho Iesous tous logous toutous {ὅτε ἐτέλεσεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς τοὺς λόγους τούτους | hóte etélesen ho Iēsous tous lógous toútous}, where the aorist etelesen presents Jesus’ completed discourse as the background event that sets the time frame. The main narrative actions are expressed with two sequential aorist verbs: meteren apo tes Galilaias {μετῆρεν ἀπὸ τῆς Γαλιλαίας | metḗren apó tēs Galilaías}, describing His departure from Galilee, and elthen eis ta horia tes Ioudaias {ἦλθεν εἰς τὰ ὅρια τῆς Ἰουδαίας | ḗlthen eis tá hória tēs Ioudaías}, describing His arrival into the borders or region of Judea. The final prepositional phrase peran tou Iordanou {πέραν τοῦ Ἰορδάνου | péran tou Iordánou} further specifies that this Judean territory lies beyond, or across, the Jordan, sharpening the geographical focus. The English renderings preserve the temporal subordination (“when…”) followed by the main action, and they represent the boundary term horia with “region” or “area” to communicate a defined territorial district in natural contemporary language. |