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Luke 4:30

αὐτὸς δὲ διελθὼν διὰ μέσου αὐτῶν ἐπορεύετο.

Literal Translation: But he, passing through their midst, was going his way.

1. Key Grammatical Features in Koine Greek αὐτὸς δὲ: The explicit subject pronoun αὐτὸς (“he himself”) combined with δὲ (“but”) gives mild emphasis and contrast. Koine regularly uses explicit pronouns for emphasis, even when the verb already implies the subject. διελθὼν: Aorist active participle nominative singular masculine from διέρχομαι (“to pass through”). Koine often places participles first in narrative clauses to build background action preceding the main verb. διὰ μέσου αὐτῶν: Preposition διά (“through”) with genitive (μέσου αὐτῶν – “the midst of them”) expresses spatial passage.… Learn Koine Greek