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Ἐγένετο ὅτε ἐτέλεσεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς διατάσσων τοῖς δώδεκα μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ, μετέβη ἐκεῖθεν τοῦ διδάσκειν καὶ κηρύσσειν ἐν ταῖς πόλεσιν αὐτῶν. (Matthew 11:1)

And it happened that when Jesus had finished instructing His twelve disciples, He departed from there to teach and to proclaim in their cities.

The Completion of Instruction

In Matthew 11:1, the narrative transitions from Jesus’ commissioning discourse to His continued public ministry. The verse begins with a formula familiar in Matthew: ἐγένετο ὅτε (“and it happened when”). This temporal phrase introduces a significant shift in activity. The aorist verb ἐτέλεσεν (“He finished”) signals the completion of a defined body of instruction.… Learn Koine Greek