The αἰτέω / αἰτέομαι Distinction in the New Testament: A proposal 115 Content complement that the referent of the Experiencer uniquely is able to give, there is an assumption of unfulfilled constraints on the action. To this point in this study, this has occurred only in requests addressed to officials. Among the thirteen occurrences in isolation from active occurrences, twelve appear in statements by the Agent and so focus on the recognition of the Agent. These receive illustration in the following example. μηδεμίαν αἰτίαν θανάτου εὑρόντες ᾐτήσαντο Πιλᾶτον ἀναιρεθῆναι αὐτόν (Acts 13:28) Finding no charge worthy of death, they [with affect] asked Pilate to have him killed. In the remaining occurrence, Herod promises with an oath to give whatever Herodias’ daughter asks. The middle forms reflect both Herod’s and the daughter’s recognition that all such requests entail unfulfilled implicit constraints. μεθ’ ὅρκου ὡμολόγησεν αὐτῇ δοῦναι ὃ ἐὰν αἰτήσηται (Matt 14:7) With an oath, he promised to give her whatever she [with affect] might ask. The two remaining middle occurrences (Mark 6:24-25) appear in the context of the two active occurrences (Mark 6:22-23). All four occur- rences have Herodias’ daughter as referent of the Agent and Herod as the referent of the Experiencer. In the first two occurrences, Herod com- mands the daughter to ask him first for “whatever” and then for “even up to half of my kingdom”. This discussion interprets Herod’s escalating assurances and oaths to indicate that Herod’s delight at the daughter’s dancing completely satisfies the implicit constraints that typically should accrue to him. Since the statements reflect Herod’s perspective, which recognizes no unfulfilled implicit constraints on the daughter’s action, the verb forms are active. εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεὺς τῷ κορασίῳ· αἴτησόν με ὃ ἐὰν θέλῃς, καὶ δώσω σοι· καὶ ὤμοσεν αὐτῇ πολλὰ ὅ τι ἐάν με αἰτήσῃς δώσω σοι ἕως ἡμίσους τῆς βασιλείας μου (Mark 6:22-23) The king said to the girl, “Ask me for whatever you wish, and I will give [it] to you”; and he swore to her at length, “For whatever you ask me, I will give [it], up to half of my kingdom”. In the second two occurrences, the daughter formulates her own re- quests, and only her perspective is applicable. Despite Herod’s explicit