| 20. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with kai {καὶ | kai}, linking this action to preceding events. The aorist passive indicative epiásthē {ἐπιάσθη | epiásthē} foregrounds the beast’s arrest, leaving the agent implicit. The prepositional phrase met’ autoû {μετ’ αὐτοῦ | met’ autoû} introduces the false prophet, further described by the articular participle ho poiḗsas {ὁ ποιήσας | ho poiḗsas}, which governs tà sēmeîa {τὰ σημεῖα | tà sēmeîa}. Enṓpion autoû {ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ | enṓpion autoû} places the signs in the beast’s presence, and the relative en hoîs eplánēsen {ἐν οἷς ἐπλάνησεν | en hoîs eplánēsen} indicates how those signs served to deceive. The accusative participles labóntas {λαβόντας | labóntas} and proskynoûntas {προσκυνοῦντας | proskynoûntas} identify those who received the charágma {χάραγμα | cháragma} and worshipped its image. The nominative zôntes {ζῶντες | zôntes} precedes the main verb eblḗthēsan {ἐβλήθησαν | eblḗthēsan}, emphasizing their alive state at the moment of casting. Finally, the compound locative eis tēn límnēn tou pyrós tēs kaioménēs en theíō {εἰς τὴν λίμνην τοῦ πυρὸς τῆς καιομένης ἐν θείῳ | eis tēn límnēn tou pyrós tēs kaioménēs en theíō} portrays the destination as a lake defined by fire and continuous sulfur-burning, intensifying its punitive force. |