{Said to one another} (elaloun pros all(886c)ous). Imperfect
tense, inchoative, "began to speak," each to the other. It
suggests also repetition, they kept saying, {Now} (d(885c)). A
particle of urgency. {This thing} (	o rh(886d)a touto). A
Hebraistic and vernacular use of 
h(886d)a (something said) as
something done. See on 烊u 1:65|. The ancient Greek used logos
in this same way.