1. There are two basic styles in writing Greek (see discussion of Aristotle in BDF #458). The “running” (εἰρομένη) style takes a series of complete thoughts and strings them together, often with the liberal use of conjunctions such as καί. This is typical of Semitic style (and its use of the ו), as well as that of John, Mark, and narrative in general. Another version of this style starts with a basic statement, and then extends it by adding on a participial phrase,
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