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4. ἃ μὲν … ἄλλα δέ. For this use of the relative as a demonstrative cp. ὃν μὲν ἔδειραν ὃν δὲ ἀπέκτειναν, ch. Mat 21:35. οὓς μὲν ἐξέβαλον τῶν πολιτῶν οὓς δὲ ἀπέσφαξαν (Dem.); and for ἄλλα δέ, following ἃ μέν, cp. οἱ μὲν … ἄλλοι δὲ … ἕτεροι δὲ, ch. Mat 16:14; Winer, p. 130. ὄς ἥ ὃ like ὁ ἡ τὸ was originally demonstrative, but the relative and the article are traced to independent originals. Clyde’s Greek Syntax, § 30. (Ed. 5.)
παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν, i.e. along the narrow footpath dividing one field from another.