A Syntactical Analysis of oὖν in Papyrus 66 99 lar copyists and their correctors. With the existing grammatical and lexi- cal standard texts offering insufficient help, I have clarified previously established categorizations of οὖν and provided examples of its use. To this recognized list, I add the comparative use that is necessitated both by the inability of existing proposals to explain texts and by offering the most fitting explanation of the use of οὖν. Moreover, this article paves new ground by noticing a loose pattern in John where λέγω + οὖν serves as an alternative to ἀποκρίνομαι (καί λέγω) in dialogues. This feature not only provides stylistic variation and indicates switches among speak- ers, it also may offer the Gospel a grammatical tool to convey heightened emotion or markedness through the use of asyndeton + λέγω. While οὖν is frequent in dialogue and narrative, it is nearly absent from discourse material. This analysis has alerted the reader to a number of Johannine distinctives and clarified the various uses of οὖν and syntactical rela- tionships conveyed by this particle. Giving heed to smallest grammatical forms yields significant results in understanding how the Gospel con- nects larger sentences. Trent A. ROGERS Grace Baptist Church 109 N Main St Cedarville, OH 45314 U.S.A. trent.alan.rogers@gmail.com