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Zacchaeus — the Son of Man come to seek and to save the lost 19:1–10
vv. 1–4 — Jericho: the rich chief tax-collector who wanted to see
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Καὶ εἰσελθὼν διήρχετο τὴν Ἰεριχώ.independent — scene-setter — the last stop before Jerusalem; imperfect διήρχετο, the passage in progress
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καὶ ἰδοὺ ἀνὴρ ὀνόματι καλούμενος Ζακχαῖος,independent — presentative ἰδού — nominativus pendens, resumed by αὐτός; the name means 'pure'
καὶ αὐτὸς ἦν ἀρχιτελώνηςindependent — ἀρχιτελώνης — a NT hapax; head of the Jericho toll-district
καὶ αὐτὸς πλούσιος·independent — ἦν elided — the rich man after 18:23–27: what is impossible with men
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καὶ ἐζήτει ἰδεῖν τὸν Ἰησοῦν τίς ἐστιν,independent — conative imperfect — the indirect question τίς ἐστιν kept in-line
καὶ οὐκ ἠδύνατο ἀπὸ τοῦ ὄχλουindependent — causal ἀπό — continued inability; the crowd is the first obstacle
ὅτι τῇ ἡλικίᾳ μικρὸς ἦν.cause — ἡλικίᾳ read as 'stature' (not 'age') — it explains the tree
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καὶ προδραμὼν εἰς τὸ ἔμπροσθενparticipial — preposed — the undignified sprint of a rich official; leans on ἀνέβη
ἀνέβη ἐπὶ συκομορέανindependent — συκομορέα — the low-branching fig-mulberry, NT hapax; comedy in service of desire
ἵνα ἴδῃ αὐτόν,purpose — answers the frustrated ἰδεῖν of v. 3
ὅτι ἐκείνης ἤμελλεν διέρχεσθαι.cause — ἐκείνης — genitive of route, ὁδοῦ understood
vv. 5–7 — the call by name, the glad descent, the grumbling
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καὶ ὡς ἦλθεν ἐπὶ τὸν τόπον,comparative — temporal ὡς — preposed, leaning on εἶπεν
ἀναβλέψας ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτόν·independent — the reversal — the one who sought to see is seen and named; some witnesses add 'saw him and'
Ζακχαῖε, σπεύσας κατάβηθι,content — σπεύσας coordinate with the imperative — 'quickly'; Jesus knows him by name
σήμερον γὰρ ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ σου δεῖ με μεῖναι.cause — the Lukan σήμερον and the divine δεῖ — mission-necessity lodges with a sinner
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καὶ σπεύσας κατέβη,independent — σπεύσας κατέβη echoes σπεύσας κατάβηθι word for word — exact obedience
καὶ ὑπεδέξατο αὐτὸν χαίρων.independent — χαίρων — the repentance-joy of ch. 15 (15:7, 10, 32)
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καὶ ἰδόντες πάντες διεγόγγυζονindependent — διεγόγγυζον — the intensive murmur of 15:2; 'all,' not just Pharisees
λέγοντες ὅτιparticipial — speech-frame with recitative ὅτι
Παρὰ ἁμαρτωλῷ ἀνδρὶ εἰσῆλθεν καταλῦσαι.content — the charge of 15:2 renewed — fronted παρὰ ἁμαρτωλῷ ἀνδρί carries the scandal
vv. 8–10 — the vow, and σήμερον σωτηρία
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σταθεὶς δὲ Ζακχαῖος εἶπεν πρὸς τὸν κύριον·independent — σταθείς — the formal stance of declaration; the narrator's title ὁ κύριος
Ἰδοὺ τὰ ἡμίσιά μου τῶν ὑπαρχόντων, κύριε, τοῖς πτωχοῖς δίδωμι,content — performative present δίδωμι — resolve here and now, not a boast of habit
καὶ εἴ τινός τι ἐσυκοφάντησαconditional — first-class protasis — συκοφαντέω, extortion by false accusation; leans on ἀποδίδωμι
ἀποδίδωμι τετραπλοῦν.content — fourfold — the restitution for stolen livestock (Exod 22:1), far beyond Lev 6:5
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εἶπεν δὲ πρὸς αὐτὸν ὁ Ἰησοῦς ὅτιindependent — the verdict answering the grumbling of v. 7; recitative ὅτι
Σήμερον σωτηρία τῷ οἴκῳ τούτῳ ἐγένετο,content — σήμερον picks up v. 5 — the Lukan today of salvation (2:11; 4:21; 23:43)
καθότι καὶ αὐτὸς υἱὸς Ἀβραάμ ἐστιν·cause — covenant standing asserted against those who wrote him off
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ἦλθεν γὰρ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπουcause — the programmatic γάρ — grounding the whole episode and the chapter's first movement
ζητῆσαι καὶ σῶσαι τὸ ἀπολωλός.purpose — τὸ ἀπολωλός gathers up the lost sheep, coin, and son of ch. 15 (cf. Ezek 34:16)
The parable of the ten minas 19:11–27
vv. 11–14 — the occasion, the claimant, the trust, the rebels
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Ἀκουόντων δὲ αὐτῶν ταῦτα προσθεὶς εἶπεν παραβολὴνindependent — genitive absolute kept in-line; προσθεὶς εἶπεν — Semitic 'he added and said'
διὰ τὸ ἐγγὺς εἶναι Ἰερουσαλὴμ αὐτὸνcause — first cause — διά + articular infinitive
καὶ δοκεῖν αὐτοὺςcause — second cause, sharing the same τό — the expectation the parable corrects
ὅτι παραχρῆμα μέλλει ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ ἀναφαίνεσθαι.content — παραχρῆμα — the 'immediately' the story answers with an interval and an accounting
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εἶπεν οὖν·independent — speech-frame — the parable's narration runs flush from here, as its own mainline
Ἄνθρωπός τις εὐγενὴς ἐπορεύθη εἰς χώραν μακρὰνindependent — the frame evokes Archelaus' journey to Rome for his ethnarchy — and the counter-embassy
λαβεῖν ἑαυτῷ βασιλείαν καὶ ὑποστρέψαι.purpose — receive and return — the delay before the reckoning, against v. 11's 'at once'
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καλέσας δὲ δέκα δούλους ἑαυτοῦparticipial — preposed — leans on ἔδωκεν
ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς δέκα μνᾶςindependent — one mina each (≈ three months' wages) — a modest, equal trust, unlike Matthew's talents
καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς·independent — speech-frame
Πραγματεύσασθε ἐν ᾧ ἔρχομαι.content — πραγματεύομαι, NT hapax — the interim duty; ἐν ᾧ, 'while I am away'
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οἱ δὲ πολῖται αὐτοῦ ἐμίσουν αὐτόν,independent — the second thread — settled hostility (imperfect), resumed at v. 27
καὶ ἀπέστειλαν πρεσβείαν ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ λέγοντες·independent — the counter-delegation — as Judea's did against Archelaus
Οὐ θέλομεν τοῦτον βασιλεῦσαι ἐφ’ ἡμᾶς.content — contemptuous τοῦτον — the refusal echoed at the cross (cf. John 19:15)
vv. 15–19 — the reckoning: two faithful reports, two grants of rule
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Καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ ἐπανελθεῖν αὐτὸν λαβόντα τὴν βασιλείανindependent — Septuagintal ἐγένετο + articular infinitive — the kingdom is now his
καὶ εἶπεν φωνηθῆναι αὐτῷ τοὺς δούλους τούτουςindependent — εἶπεν + infinitive = command; καί completes the ἐγένετο-frame
οἷς δεδώκει τὸ ἀργύριον,relative — pluperfect δεδώκει — looking back to v. 13
ἵνα γνοῖ τί διεπραγματεύσαντο.purpose — indirect question kept in-line; διαπραγματεύομαι, NT hapax
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παρεγένετο δὲ ὁ πρῶτος λέγων·independent — the first report — speech-frame
Κύριε, ἡ μνᾶ σου δέκα προσηργάσατο μνᾶς.content — 'your mina has made' — the gain credited to the trust, not the trader; προσεργάζομαι, NT hapax
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καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ·independent — the commendation — speech-frame
Εὖγε, ἀγαθὲ δοῦλε,content — verbless exclamation and vocative
ὅτι ἐν ἐλαχίστῳ πιστὸς ἐγένου,cause — the principle of 16:10 — the ground of both the praise and the grant
ἴσθι ἐξουσίαν ἔχων ἐπάνω δέκα πόλεων.content — periphrastic imperative ἴσθι ἔχων — the reward is rule, not money
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καὶ ἦλθεν ὁ δεύτερος λέγων·independent — the parallel report
Ἡ μνᾶ σου, κύριε, ἐποίησεν πέντε μνᾶς.content — again the mina credited — a lesser but real gain
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εἶπεν δὲ καὶ τούτῳ·independent — the abbreviated parallel
Καὶ σὺ ἐπάνω γίνου πέντε πόλεων.content — reward proportioned to return — gradations within faithfulness
vv. 20–26 — the third servant: judged out of his own mouth
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καὶ ὁ ἕτερος ἦλθεν λέγων·independent — ὁ ἕτερος — 'the other,' of a different kind: set apart from the faithful pair
Κύριε, ἰδοὺ ἡ μνᾶ σουcontent — verbless presentation — the unchanged deposit produced
ἣν εἶχον ἀποκειμένην ἐν σουδαρίῳ·relative — σουδάριον — a napkin (Lat. sudarium); neither lost nor used
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ἐφοβούμην γάρ σεcause — fear as the ground of paralysis
ὅτι ἄνθρωπος αὐστηρὸς εἶ,cause — αὐστηρός, NT hapax — the servant's caricature of his master
αἴρεις ὃ οὐκ ἔθηκαςcontent — asyndetic epexegesis of the caricature — the grasping proverb
καὶ θερίζεις ὃ οὐκ ἔσπειρας.content — the parallel member — reaping without sowing
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λέγει αὐτῷ·independent — historic present with asyndeton — the verdict lands
Ἐκ τοῦ στόματός σου κρινῶ σε, πονηρὲ δοῦλε.content — the a-fortiori move — the caricature granted for argument's sake, not conceded
ᾔδειςcontent — the rhetorical question begins — his own premise turned on him
ὅτι ἐγὼ ἄνθρωπος αὐστηρός εἰμι,content — the servant's words repeated back verbatim
αἴρων ὃ οὐκ ἔθηκαparticipial — the proverb, now participial and first-person
καὶ θερίζων ὃ οὐκ ἔσπειρα;participial — the question mark closes the echo
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καὶ διὰ τί οὐκ ἔδωκάς μου τὸ ἀργύριον ἐπὶ τράπεζαν;content — τράπεζα — the money-changer's bench: the minimal, riskless alternative
κἀγὼ ἐλθὼν σὺν τόκῳ ἂν αὐτὸ ἔπραξα.content — ἄν + aorist — the unrealized possibility; the failure is doing nothing at all
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καὶ τοῖς παρεστῶσιν εἶπεν·independent — the sentence executed — speech-frame
Ἄρατε ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ τὴν μνᾶνcontent — the unused trust withdrawn
καὶ δότε τῷ τὰς δέκα μνᾶς ἔχοντι.content — to the most fruitful — the concrete order the maxim of v. 26 generalizes
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καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῷ·independent — the bystanders' protest (the verse is omitted by some witnesses)
Κύριε, ἔχει δέκα μνᾶς.content — the world's arithmetic of fairness — set up to be overturned
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λέγω ὑμῖνindependent — asyndeton — the master's solemn maxim (cf. 8:18; Matt 25:29)
ὅτι παντὶ τῷ ἔχοντι δοθήσεται,content — divine passive — 'having' is faithful use of the trust
ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ μὴ ἔχοντος καὶ ὃ ἔχει ἀρθήσεται.content — sterility forfeits even the deposit — the mina already gone
v. 27 — the rebels: the second thread closed
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πλὴν τοὺς ἐχθρούς μου τούτουςphrase modifier — πλήν resumes v. 14; fronted object leaning on ἀγάγετε
τοὺς μὴ θελήσαντάς με βασιλεῦσαι ἐπ’ αὐτοὺςparticipial — the citizens' own words (v. 14) made the indictment
ἀγάγετε ὧδεindependent — the command to the attendants
καὶ κατασφάξατε αὐτοὺς ἔμπροσθέν μου.independent — κατασφάζω, NT hapax — within the story an Archelaus-style reprisal; in its shadow, vv. 41–44
The triumphal entry into Jerusalem 19:28–40
vv. 28–34 — the colt: commission, password, fulfillment
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Καὶ εἰπὼν ταῦτα ἐπορεύετο ἔμπροσθενindependent — the hinge from parable to passion-approach — he leads the way himself
ἀναβαίνων εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα.participial — the pilgrim idiom — the ascent that has framed chs. 9–19 resumes
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Καὶ ἐγένετο ὡς ἤγγισεν εἰς Βηθφαγὴ καὶ Βηθανίαν πρὸς τὸ ὄρος τὸ καλούμενον Ἐλαιῶν,independent — ἐγένετο-frame with temporal ὡς kept in-line — Olivet, the mount of messianic expectation (Zech 14:4)
ἀπέστειλεν δύο τῶν μαθητῶνindependent — the staging begins — asyndetic apodosis of the ἐγένετο-frame
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λέγων·participial — speech-frame
Ὑπάγετε εἰς τὴν κατέναντι κώμην,content — the commission — foreknowledge in detail
ἐν ᾗ εἰσπορευόμενοι εὑρήσετε πῶλον δεδεμένον,relative — predictive future — the Zech 9:9 mount
ἐφ’ ὃν οὐδεὶς πώποτε ἀνθρώπων ἐκάθισεν,relative — never ridden — sacral fitness for a holy use (Num 19:2; 1 Sam 6:7)
καὶ λύσαντες αὐτὸν ἀγάγετε.content — the double command completing the errand
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καὶ ἐάν τις ὑμᾶς ἐρωτᾷ·conditional — third-class protasis — leans forward on ἐρεῖτε
Διὰ τί λύετε;content — the anticipated challenge — asked verbatim at v. 33
οὕτως ἐρεῖτε ὅτιcontent — imperatival future — the apodosis; recitative ὅτι
Ὁ κύριος αὐτοῦ χρείαν ἔχει.content — the password — ὁ κύριος read messianically, not 'its owner'
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ἀπελθόντες δὲ οἱ ἀπεσταλμένοι εὗρονindependent — οἱ ἀπεσταλμένοι — the commissioned pair
καθὼς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς.comparative — word-and-fulfillment — the Lukan motif repeated at 22:13
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λυόντων δὲ αὐτῶν τὸν πῶλονparticipial — genitive absolute — leans on εἶπαν
εἶπαν οἱ κύριοι αὐτοῦ πρὸς αὐτούς·independent — οἱ κύριοι, plural — the joint owners; the predicted question follows
Τί λύετε τὸν πῶλον;content — v. 31's question, verbatim
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οἱ δὲ εἶπαν ὅτιindependent — recitative ὅτι — the password given
Ὁ κύριος αὐτοῦ χρείαν ἔχει.content — the exact words of v. 31 — and the colt is released
vv. 35–38 — the procession: garments, praise, and Psalm 118
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καὶ ἤγαγον αὐτὸν πρὸς τὸν Ἰησοῦν,independent — the errand complete
καὶ ἐπιρίψαντες αὐτῶν τὰ ἱμάτια ἐπὶ τὸν πῶλονparticipial — preposed — the makeshift saddle as homage; leans on ἐπεβίβασαν
ἐπεβίβασαν τὸν Ἰησοῦν.independent — ἐπιβιβάζω — the deliberate enthronement-gesture
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πορευομένου δὲ αὐτοῦparticipial — genitive absolute — leans on ὑπεστρώννυον
ὑπεστρώννυον τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτῶν ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ.independent — the royal carpet of 2 Kgs 9:13 (Jehu); iterative imperfect — ὑποστρωννύω, NT hapax
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ἐγγίζοντος δὲ αὐτοῦ ἤδη πρὸς τῇ καταβάσει τοῦ Ὄρους τῶν Ἐλαιῶνparticipial — genitive absolute — the city comes into view; leans on ἤρξαντο
ἤρξαντο ἅπαν τὸ πλῆθος τῶν μαθητῶν χαίροντες αἰνεῖν τὸν θεὸν φωνῇ μεγάλῃindependent — constructio ad sensum — plural verb with ἅπαν τὸ πλῆθος; the praise is the disciples', and offered to God
περὶ πασῶν ὧν εἶδον δυνάμεων,phrase modifier — attracted relative ὧν — the δυνάμεις of the whole journey
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λέγοντες·participial — speech-frame for the acclamation
Εὐλογημένος ὁ ἐρχόμενος ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐν ὀνόματι κυρίου·content — Ps 118:26 with ὁ βασιλεύς inserted — the messianic claim made explicit; the editions divide over the form
ἐν οὐρανῷ εἰρήνη καὶ δόξα ἐν ὑψίστοις.content — the nativity doxology (2:14) answered — verbless exclamations
vv. 39–40 — the protest, and the stones
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καί τινες τῶν Φαρισαίων ἀπὸ τοῦ ὄχλου εἶπαν πρὸς αὐτόν·independent — the last Pharisees of the Gospel — from within the crowd
Διδάσκαλε, ἐπιτίμησον τοῖς μαθηταῖς σου.content — Διδάσκαλε — pointedly not 'King'; the demand to silence the acclamation
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καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν·independent — the Semitic reply-frame
Λέγω ὑμῖν,content — the solemn formula
ἐὰν οὗτοι σιωπήσουσιν,conditional — ἐάν + future indicative — the hypothesis of silence; leans on κράξουσιν
οἱ λίθοι κράξουσιν.content — cf. Hab 2:11 — creation would confess what the leaders suppress; the λίθοι return at v. 44
Jesus weeps over Jerusalem 19:41–44
vv. 41–42 — the tears and the broken sentence
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Καὶ ὡς ἤγγισεν, ἰδὼν τὴν πόλιν ἔκλαυσεν ἐπ’ αὐτήν,independent — ἔκλαυσεν — audible weeping; the King in tears at the sight of the 'city of peace'
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λέγων ὅτιparticipial — speech-frame with recitative ὅτι
Εἰ ἔγνως ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ταύτῃ καὶ σὺ τὰ πρὸς εἰρήνην·conditional — aposiopesis — the apodosis breaks off in grief, so the protasis hangs as quoted content; τὰ πρὸς εἰρήνην plays on the city's name
νῦν δὲ ἐκρύβη ἀπὸ ὀφθαλμῶν σου.content — divine passive ἐκρύβη — judicial blindness now sealed
vv. 43–44 — the siege-oracle and its ground
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ὅτι ἥξουσιν ἡμέραι ἐπὶ σὲcause — the prophetic judgment-formula grounds the lament
καὶ παρεμβαλοῦσιν οἱ ἐχθροί σου χάρακά σοιcause — χάραξ, the siege-rampart (Isa 29:3) — coordinate within the ὅτι
καὶ περικυκλώσουσίν σεcause — περικυκλόω, NT hapax — the encirclement of AD 70
καὶ συνέξουσίν σε πάντοθεν,cause — συνέχω — pressed from all sides (Jer 6:6; Ezek 4:2)
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καὶ ἐδαφιοῦσίν σε καὶ τὰ τέκνα σου ἐν σοί,cause — ἐδαφίζω, NT hapax — the idiom of Ps 137:9
καὶ οὐκ ἀφήσουσιν λίθον ἐπὶ λίθον ἐν σοί,cause — the λίθοι that would have cried out (v. 40) thrown down — cf. 21:6
ἀνθ’ ὧν οὐκ ἔγνως τὸν καιρὸν τῆς ἐπισκοπῆς σου.cause — ἀνθ’ ὧν — the final ground: the missed καιρός of God's gracious visitation (1:68, 78; 7:16)
The cleansing of the temple 19:45–48
vv. 45–46 — the cleansing and the citation
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Καὶ εἰσελθὼν εἰς τὸ ἱερὸν ἤρξατο ἐκβάλλειν τοὺς πωλοῦντας,independent — Luke's sharply abbreviated cleansing — no tables, no buyers; the King reclaims his Father's house
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λέγων αὐτοῖς·participial — speech-frame
Γέγραπται·content — the perfect of abiding authority — the citation formula
Καὶ ἔσται ὁ οἶκός μου οἶκος προσευχῆς,content — Isa 56:7 — God's declared purpose for the house
ὑμεῖς δὲ αὐτὸν ἐποιήσατε σπήλαιον λῃστῶν.content — Jer 7:11 — emphatic ὑμεῖς against God's ἔσται; the purpose betrayed
vv. 47–48 — daily teaching, and the plot stalled
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Καὶ ἦν διδάσκων τὸ καθ’ ἡμέραν ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ·independent — periphrastic imperfect + adverbial τὸ καθ’ ἡμέραν — the summary of the final week
οἱ δὲ ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ οἱ γραμματεῖς ἐζήτουν αὐτὸν ἀπολέσαι καὶ οἱ πρῶτοι τοῦ λαοῦ,independent — the threefold opposition — οἱ πρῶτοι τοῦ λαοῦ trailing as afterthought subject
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καὶ οὐχ εὕρισκον τὸ τί ποιήσωσιν,independent — deliberative subjunctive substantivized by τό — the plot stalled
ὁ λαὸς γὰρ ἅπας ἐξεκρέματο αὐτοῦ ἀκούων.cause — ἐξεκρέματο, NT hapax — the rapt λαός shields the one its leaders plot against
Analysis. Luke 19 closes the travel narrative at the gates of Jerusalem, and the layout shows its three registers. The Zacchaeus episode (vv. 1–10) runs as flat Lukan narrative — coordinate purple mainline clauses, the dialogue hanging blue beneath its verbs of saying — until the climactic γάρ-chain: Jesus' verdict (σωτηρία … ἐγένετο) carries the καθότι-ground ('he too is a son of Abraham') and then the Son-of-Man mission-statement of v. 10, laid as a second ground under ἐγένετο with its purpose pair (ζητῆσαι καὶ σῶσαι) one step deeper — the chapter's thesis at its deepest indent. In the minas parable (vv. 11–27, kept one section) the narration inside Jesus' quotation runs flush at the margin, as in the talents layout of Matthew 25 — the story is its own mainline — with the three reckoning dialogues hanging under their speech-frames; the third servant's excuse chains five deep (μνᾶ → εἶχον → ἐφοβούμην → αὐστηρός → the grasping proverb), the master's ᾔδεις-retort echoes it clause for clause, and v. 27's fronted τοὺς ἐχθρούς μου τούτους leans, dashed, on the ἀγάγετε it awaits — the citizen-thread of v. 14 closed in blood. The entry (vv. 28–40) alternates forward-leaning genitive absolutes with mainline aorists; the password Ὁ κύριος αὐτοῦ χρείαν ἔχει stands twice at matching depth (vv. 31, 34), commission and fulfillment; the acclamation lines are verbless (Ps 118:26 with ὁ βασιλεύς inserted — the editions divide over the form, and the tag flags it). The lament (vv. 41–44) turns on two cruxes the layout takes sides on: the Εἰ ἔγνως protasis is aposiopetic — no apodosis exists, so it hangs anchored under λέγων as quoted content, dashed — and the whole siege-oracle (five coordinate futures) is strung at one depth under ἐκρύβη as the ὅτι-ground of the hiding, with ἀνθ’ ὧν one step deeper as the ground of the grounds. The cleansing (vv. 45–48) sets Isa 56:7 under γέγραπται with Jer 7:11 as Jesus' own contrast-clause, and ends level: teaching, plotting, and the people hanging (ἐξεκρέματο) on his words. Interpretive choices flagged in tags: ἡλικίᾳ as 'stature' not 'age' (v. 3); the performative presents δίδωμι/ἀποδίδωμι as vow, not habit (v. 8); ὁ κύριος of the colt read messianically (v. 31); ἐὰν + future indicative (v. 40).