ἀκουσάντων (akousanton) in John 1:40: Verb Aorist Active Participle Genitive Plural Masculine

Verb: this form is a participle, so it describes the action of hearing while functioning like a verbal adjective.

Aorist: commonly views the action as a whole event. It should not be treated as automatically punctiliar or automatically past in every context.

Active: presents the subject as doing or carrying the action.

Participle: carries a verbal idea while also functioning like an adjective or clause element. Context decides its role.

Genitive: the form is in a genitive relation, here tied to the surrounding phrase rather than standing as the main clause verb.

Plural: the participle refers to more than one person in this occurrence, matching the two men in view.

Masculine: the form is grammatically masculine, which here aligns with the mixed or male-referenced group in context and does not by itself make a theological claim.

τῶν δύο

The participle is coordinated with the following participle and stands inside the phrase introduced by ἐκ, so it helps identify the two men being described.

It functions as a descriptive modifier for the two disciples, meaning the ones who had heard from John.

It is not the main assertion of the verse and it does not by itself say who they are apart from the surrounding narrative.

Moderate: The participle identifies the two disciples by their hearing of John before following Jesus.

Genitive participle modifying the two. describes the group by their hearing action. Attached to the two disciples who heard John. Governed by the genitive phrase identifying Andrew as one of the two. The form works with the following participle to identify the pair.

What had the two disciples heard? They had heard John, and then they followed Jesus.

Supporting: The form supports a descriptive rendering such as "who heard John."

Hearing can be bare perception or responsive hearing; John 1:40 shows response through the paired following participle. The genitive participle identifies the pair and should not be treated as the sentence's main verb.

Hearing verb alone proves saving response: The participle states hearing; the narrative supplies the response of following Jesus. aorist means once-for-all completed action: The aorist participle identifies the narrative action without carrying the whole theology of hearing.

The witness reads ἀκουσάντων in John 1:40 within the phrase τῶν δύο τῶν ἀκουσάντων παρὰ Ἰωάννου.

The lemma ἀκούω means to hear or listen, so the form points to the act of receiving speech or testimony.

As a participle, it describes the two men by what they had done, namely hearing from John, and it works with the parallel participle ἀκολουθησάντων.

The verse identifies Andrew as one of the two disciples who heard John and followed Jesus.

This fits the Gospel theme of hearing testimony and responding in discipleship, but the grammar itself only supports the local description.

In translation, the form is best conveyed with a relative or participial phrase such as 'the two who had heard from John.'

Do not make the participle itself carry the whole theology of revelation, obedience, or identity beyond what the verse states.