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Τότε πορεύεται καὶ παραλαμβάνει ἑπτά ἕτερα πνεύματα πονηρότερα ἑαυτοῦ καὶ εἰσελθόντα κατοικεῖ ἐκεῖ· καὶ γίνεται τὰ ἔσχατα τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐκείνου χείρονα τῶν πρώτων (Luke 11:26)

Then it goes and takes along seven other spirits more evil than itself, and having entered they dwell there; and the last things of that man become worse than the first.

This verse is not simply a narrative continuation. It is a grammatical cascade. Each verb pushes the situation forward, each participle tightens the sequence, and each comparative intensifies the outcome. The sentence does not argue in abstract terms. It narrates deterioration through tightly ordered verbal structure.… Learn Koine Greek