"'' εἶπεν would still be a correct for saying "he meant" or "he judged" in this context.''" No. Why not? Because of τῇ θαλάσσῃ. That is a dative object, answering the question "to whom or to what?". "He meant" or "he judged" would need an accusative object, answering the question "whom or what?". Answering the latter question - instead of a real object - is the snippet of direct speech. The additional dative object works only for "he said". Mark may have used a simple language, but he didn't make such grammatical errors - AFAIK the worst thing he is accused of is using the middle voice where the passive voice would have been more appropriate. --[[User:AugustO|AugustO]] ([[User talk:AugustO|talk]]) 12:03, 5 April 2017 (EDT) | "'' εἶπεν would still be a correct for saying "he meant" or "he judged" in this context.''" No. Why not? Because of τῇ θαλάσσῃ. That is a dative object, answering the question "to whom or to what?". "He meant" or "he judged" would need an accusative object, answering the question "whom or what?". Answering the latter question - instead of a real object - is the snippet of direct speech. The additional dative object works only for "he said". Mark may have used a simple language, but he didn't make such grammatical errors - AFAIK the worst thing he is accused of is using the middle voice where the passive voice would have been more appropriate. --[[User:AugustO|AugustO]] ([[User talk:AugustO|talk]]) 12:03, 5 April 2017 (EDT) |