εἴπωσι (eiposin) in Matthew 5:11: Verb Third Person Plural Second Aorist Active Subjunctive
εἴπωσι (eiposin) in Matthew 5:11
Textual Witness
The witness reads εἴπωσι in Matthew 5:11.
How The Form Affects Interpretation
Introduces the hostile speech described as evil and false.
How To Communicate It
Use it to show that Matthew 5:11 includes spoken accusation.
What Not To Say
- Grammatical form should serve context, not override it.
- Keep the form tied to Matthew 5:11.
- Do not detach it from Jesus' false accusation description in Matthew 5:11.
- Do not use morphology alone to build a complete doctrinal claim.
What Does The Label Mean?
Verb: the form names an action or state and functions as a verbal form in its clause.
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 carrying out the action.
Subjunctive: presents the verbal idea within a dependent or potential frame set by context.
Third person: the form speaks about the named group or action.
Not applicable: this finite verb form is not using noun case to mark its clause role.
Plural: the number should be read from this occurrence, not generalized beyond the clause.
Not applicable: this finite verb form does not use grammatical gender.
What The Form Does In This Verse
Hostile speakers in the when clause
Jesus' false accusation description in Matthew 5:11
Introduces the hostile speech described as evil and false.
Do not isolate the verb say from the evil and false content that follows.
How Much The Form Matters Here
High: The verb introduces the hostile speech content in Matthew 5:11.
Aorist subjunctive introducing reported speech. governs what hostile speakers say. Attached to hostile speakers in the when clause. Governed by Jesus' false accusation description in Matthew 5:11. Read with and say every evil word.
What kind of action introduces the false accusation? Hostile speech.
Direct: The form directly supports say.
This occurrence must be read within and say every evil word, not as a standalone word study.
How The Interpretation Is Derived
The witness reads εἴπωσι in Matthew 5:11.
The lemma λέγω carries the gloss "I say, speak", and here it names saying or speaking.
The subjunctive is coordinated with revile and persecute, then governs the speech content that follows.
Jesus includes false hostile speech among the sufferings his hearers may face on his account.
The form keeps the persecution context from being only physical or social by including speech against disciples.
Use it to show that Matthew 5:11 includes spoken accusation.
Do not make every negative word against a believer equal this verse apart from the false and Jesus-centered frame.