| 5. Linguistic Exegesis The coordinating conjunction kai {καὶ | kaì} links this statement to the preceding description, adding another defining trait. The prepositional phrase en tō stomati autōn {ἐν τῷ στόματι αὐτῶν | en tôi stó-ma-ti au-tôn} foregrounds the domain of their speech. The negator ouch {οὐχ | oukh} precedes the aorist passive heurethē {εὑρέθη | heu-ré-thē}, yielding “no falsehood was found,” with pseudos {ψεῦδος | pseû-dos} as the nominative subject. The parallel clause amomoi eisin {ἄμωμοί εἰσιν | á-mō-moi ei-sin} asserts their blameless state, positioning the adjective before the verb for emphasis. The translation maintains the passive nuance of discovery and uses a semicolon to preserve the two linked statements without adding an explicit causal connector. |