| 39. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with legō {λέγω | légō} ‘I say’, a solemn present active indicative. The emphatic future negation ou mē {οὐ μὴ | ou mḕ} plus subjunctive idete {ἴδητε | í-dē-te} forms an absolute denial, ‘you will certainly not see’. The prepositional phrase ap’ arti {ἀπ’ ἄρτι | a-p’ ár-ti} marks the starting point ‘from now’, while heōs an {ἕως ἂν | hé-ōs àn} introduces a conditional duration ‘until’. The aorist subjunctive eipēte {εἴπητε | eí-pē-te} expresses future proclamation ‘you say’. The participial acclamation eulogēmenos ho erchomenos {Εὐλογημένος ὁ ἐρχόμενος | eu-lo-gē-mé-nos ho er-kho-mé-nos} conveys the traditional messianic greeting without a finite verb: ‘Blessed is the one who comes’. Finally, en onomati Kyriou {ἐν ὀνόματι Κυρίου | en o-nó-ma-ti ky-rí-ou} uses the dative to denote agency or authorization ‘in the name of the Lord’. |