Greek words assumed

[Unitarian101]

In not a few sentences in the GNT, words (be they verbs, nouns, pronouns, and so forth) are assumed. The same phenomenon occurs in modern English prose, though [arguably] not as frequently as it does in Koine Greek of the NT.

I was just reading Chapter 19 of John , and the very first sentence reads as follows:

Τότε οὖν ἔλαβεν ὁ Πειλᾶτος τὸν Ἰησοῦν καὶ ἐμαστίγωσεν.

Which word is implied in above ? The third person pronoun as in -- Τότε οὖν ἔλαβεν ὁ Πειλᾶτος τὸν Ἰησοῦν καὶ ἐμαστίγωσεν [αὐτὸν].

[Unitarian101]

Here is another:

ἀπεκρίθησαν αὐτῷ Ἰησοῦν τὸν Ναζωραῖον

John 18:5

Notice the clause Ἰησοῦν τὸν Ναζωραῖον in this context is in the accusative, betraying the fact that there is a verb which is not repeated but which is assumed from the preceding context. The text thus asks the reader to assume a verb like ζητέομεν. The lack of a verb here creates for a more terse sentence structure in order to maintain the tension of the narrative. Look at verse 4 (ζητεῖτε) for context on this score. So we read as follows,

ἀπεκρίθησαν αὐτῷ, [ζητέομεν] Ἰησοῦν τὸν Ναζωραῖον

[Unitarian101]

Here a preposition I think is assumed such that the use [παρρησίᾳ] is idiomatic (see οὐδεὶς μέντοι παρρησίᾳ ἐλάλει περὶ, John 7:13 etc. for other such instances) :

ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῷ Ἰησοῦς Ἐγὼ παρρησίᾳ

John 18:20

But the apostle also used the preposition ἐν in John 7:4 (αὐτὸς ἐν παρρησίᾳ εἶναι εἰ ) in a similar structure.