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Τότε προσελθόντες οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ εἶπον αὐτῷ· οἶδας ὅτι οἱ Φαρισαῖοι ἐσκανδαλίσθησαν ἀκούσαντες τὸν λόγον; (Matthew 15:12)

Then the disciples came and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard the statement?”

Spotlight on the Declinables

In this verse, the declinable nouns and pronouns carry the relational and rhetorical weight—marking who approaches, who speaks, who hears, and who takes offense.

Declension Analysis Table Greek Form Morphology Case & Syntactic Role Notes οἱ μαθηταί 1st declension masculine plural with article Nominative plural subject of εἶπον Definite article signals a known, defined group: “the disciples.” αὐτοῦ 3rd person pronoun, genitive masculine singular Possessive modifier of μαθηταί Specifies whose disciples; genitive of possession.… Learn Koine Greek