| 26. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with kai {καὶ | kaí} “and,” linking this clause to the preceding description of the New Jerusalem’s openness and splendor. The main verb oisousin {οἴσουσιν | oí-sou-sin} “they will bring” employs the future active indicative, indicating a definite action by an implied plural subject, contextually the nations. The coordinated direct objects tēn doxan {τὴν δόξαν | tḕn dóx-an} “the glory” and tēn timēn {τὴν τιμὴν | tḕn ti-mḗn} “the honor” share the genitive modifier tōn ethnōn {τῶν ἐθνῶν | tôn eth-nôn} “of the nations,” emphasizing their source. The prepositional phrase eis autēν {εἰς αὐτήν | eis au-tḗn} “into it” uses a feminine pronoun referring to the New Jerusalem. In English, the genitive can be rendered as “of the nations” or “the nations’” and the pronoun either as “it” or explicitly as “the city” in more dynamic contexts. |