26 Paul Danove with three verbs has the second complement of only one verb lexically realized.13 These occurrences clarify that λέγω melding restricts the lexi- cal realization of the second complement of two or three linked verbs only when these complements permit the same lexical realization. 3. Λέγω Melding and Verbs of Indirect Discourse Thirteen of the 21 verbs that participate in λέγω melding have the capacity to express direct discourse (i.e., a quote) through the lexical rea- lization of its third complement as a clause with a finite verb (V+finite) both inside and outside of the context of λέγω melding: ἀναγγέλλω; ἀπαγγέλλω; ἀποκρίνομαι; δέομαι; διαλογίζομαι; ἐντέλλομαι; ἐπερωτάω; ἐρωτάω; κηρύσσω; λέγω; ὁρκίζω; παραγγέλλω; and παρακαλέω.14 These 23:33; Matt 12:10; 17:10; 22:23, 41; 27:11; Mark 9:11; 12:18; 14:60; 15:4; Luke 3:10, 14; 9:18; 18:18; 20:21, 27; 21:7; Acts 5:27; P/ἐν: Judg 1:1; 18:5 [R]; 20:18 [A], 27 [A], 28); ἐρωτάω (N+acc: Gen 24:47; 32:18, 30 [R]; 37:15; 40:7; 44:19; Exod 3:13; 13:14; Deut 6:20; Josh 4:6, 21; 1 Sam 19:22; Jer 43:17; P/διά 2 Sam 5:19; 1 Chr 14:10; Matt 15:23; 16:13; Luke 23:3; John 4:31; 9:2, 19; 12:21; Acts 1:6; P/ἐν: Judg 20:18, 23; 1 Chr 14:14); ὁρκίζω (N+acc: Gen 24:37; 50:5, 25; Exod 13:19; 1 Sam 14:28; 1 Kgs 2:42; 2 Kgs 11:4); παρακαλέω (N+acc: Deut 13:7; Matt 8:31; 18:29; Mark 5:12, 23; Luke 7:4; Acts 2:40). Second complement of verb of communication null and second complement of λέγω lexically realized (2 occurrences in LXX): ἐπερωτάω (P/πρός: Zech 4:4, 14). Second complement of verb of communication null and second complement of λέγω null (2 occurrences in NT): ἐπερωτάω (Luke 22:64); παρακαλέω (Acts 16:15). Second complement of verb of communication lexically realized and second complement of λέγω lexically realized (2 occurrences = 1 in LXX and 1 in NT): ἐπερωτάω (N+acc / N+dat: Mark 8:27); παρακαλέω (N+acc / P/πρός: 2 Macc 7:21). In the melding of ἐπερωτάω + ἐπερωτάω + λέγω (Gen 43:7), the second ἐπερωτάω has 13 its second complement lexically realized as N+acc. This singular occurrence also conforms to the restriction that only one of the two verbs that permit the same lexical realization of the second complement have it lexically realized. On at least one occasion, each of these thirteen verbs expresses direct discourse out- 14 side of the context of λέγω melding through the lexical realization of its complement as a clause with a finite verb (V+finite) that accommodates a quote: ἀναγγέλλω (Exod 19:3; 20:22; Judg 13:10; 2 Sam 24:13; 1 Kgs 18:11; Ps 51:1; Amos 3:9 [R]; Jer 4:5, 16; 26:14; 27:2); ἀπαγγέλλω (Gen 46:31; Judg 13:10 [A]; 14:2; 1 Sam 14:43b; 2 Sam 11:5; 13:34; 17:21 [R]; 2 Kgs 4:7; 5:4; Amos 3:9; Isa 48:20 [A,S]; Luke 8:20); ἀποκρίνομαι (Gen 29:26 [R]; Judg 5:29, 29b [A]; 1 Sam 9:17; 12:3a; 20:28; 21:6; 23:4; 29:9; 2 Sam 4:9; Ps 101:24; Job 3:2; Cant 6:1; Isa 3:7; Dan 4:19; 5:17; Mark 7:28; 9:17; Luke 4:4; 8:50; 13:15; 17:20; John 1:21, 48, 49, 50; 2:18, 19; 3:3, 5, 9, 10, 27; 4:10, 13, 17; 5:7, 11, 17, 19; 6:7, 26, 29, 43, 68, 70; 7:16, 20, 21, 46, 47, 52; 8:14, 19, 33, 34, 39, 48, 49, 54; 9:3, 11, 20, 25, 27, 30, 34, 36; 10:25, 32, 33, 34; 11:9; 12:23, 30, 34; 13:7, 8, 26, 38; 14:23; 16:31; 18:5, 8, 20, 23, 30, 34, 35, 36, 37; 19:7, 11, 15, 22; 21:5; Acts 3:12; 5:8; 9:13; 10:46; 11:9; 21:13; 22:8, 28; 24:10, 25; 25:12); δέομαι (Acts 21:39); διαλογίζομαι (Mark 2:6); ἐντέλλομαι (Lev 24:2; Num 34:2; Deut 31:23; Josh 1:9; Judg 4:26; 2 Kgs 11:15; 2 Chr 23:14; Neh 7:2; Tob 14:8 [S]; Ps 118:4; Lam 1:10; Matt 4:6; Acts 13:47); ἐπερωτάω (Gen 38:21; 1 Sam 14:37; 17:56; 2 Kgs 8:9; Jdth 10:12; Sus 40; 2 Macc 7:7; 14:5;