εἰ μὴ ἦλθον καὶ ἐλάλησα αὐτοῖς, ἁμαρτίαν οὐκ εἶχον → if I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin
adj.
V. λαβρός; see rushing.
The swooping thunderbolt: V. καταιβάτης κεραυνός, ὁ (Aesch., P. V. 359).