| 10. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with the conditional formula ei tis {εἴ τις | eí tis} ‘if anyone’, immediately followed by the prepositional phrase eis aichmalōsían {εἰς αἰχμαλωσίαν | eîs aich-ma-lō-sí-an} ‘into captivity’, repeated for rhetorical emphasis. The main verb hupagei {ὑπάγει | hu-pá-gei} ‘he goes’ in the present indicative asserts the certainty of the outcome. A second parallel conditional ei tis {εἴ τις | eí tis} introduces en machairē apoktanthēnai {ἐν μαχαίρῃ ἀποκτανθῆναι | en ma-kha-í-rē a-po-ktan-thê-nai} ‘to be killed with the sword’, where the aorist passive infinitive conveys external agency. The deictic hōde estin {ὧδέ ἐστιν | hō-dé és-tin} ‘here is’ signals the application that follows. Finally, the coordinated noun phrase hē hypomonē kai hē pistis tōn hagion {ἡ ὑπομονὴ καὶ ἡ πίστις τῶν ἁγίων | hē hy-po-mon-ḗ kaí hē pís-tis tṓn ha-gí-ō-n} ‘the endurance and the faith of the saints’ presents the virtues central to the reader’s response. |