| 13. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with the temporal adverb tote {τότε | tóte} ‘then’, marking narrative sequence. The finite clause ho basileus {ὁ βασιλεὺς | basiléus} ‘the king’ with the aorist verb eipen {εἶπεν | eî-pen} ‘said’ introduces direct speech. The dative phrase tois diakonois {τοῖς διακόνοις | toîs di-a-kó-nois} ‘to the attendants’ specifies the recipients of the command. A circumstantial participle desantes {Δήσαντες | dḗ-san-tes} ‘having bound’ conveys an action preparatory to the imperative ekbalete {ἐκβάλετε | ek-bá-le-te} ‘cast out’. The prepositional phrase eis to skotos to exōteron {εἰς τὸ σκότος τὸ ἐξώτερον | eis tò skótos tò exṓ-ter-on} ‘into the outer darkness’ uses a doubled article to emphasize contrast. A result clause introduced by the future indicative estai {ἔσται | és-tai} ‘there will be’ leads into the idiomatic pairing klauthmos {κλαυθμὸς | klau-thmòs} ‘weeping’ and brygmos {βρυγμὸς | bryg-thmòs} ‘gnashing of teeth’, which intensifies the sense of judgment. English renders the participle and imperative by combining “After binding his hands and feet” with the main command. |