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καὶ ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ ὄχλοι πολλοί, καὶ ἐθεράπευσεν αὐτοὺς ἐκεῖ. — Matthew 19:2 Opening the Scene: Syntax in Action

This short yet vivid verse from the Gospel of Matthew paints a moment of intense public response and divine intervention. Two verbs dominate the sentence: ἠκολούθησαν (“they followed”) and ἐθεράπευσεν (“he healed”). Both are in the aorist active indicative tense, conveying actions that are complete and significant. Through the simplicity of the Greek structure, we are drawn into a movement from crowd action to divine response—all within a single breath.

The Aorist: A Tense of Completed Reality

The Greek aorist tense does not correspond precisely to the English simple past.… Learn Koine Greek