{When day was now breaking} (pr(9369)as (8864)(8820)ginomen(8873)).
Genitive absolute and note present middle participle (dawn coming
on and still dark). In  Mt 27:1  the aorist participle
(genomen(8873)) means that dawn had come. For "beach" (aigialon)
see  Mt 13:2 . {Was} (estin). Present indicative retained in
indirect assertion.