And, of course, we're supposed to accept it that your reading is the right one. Hmmm. I think I'll stick with the scholars.
That is why sentence diagramming is important, and that is why context is important and that is why previous useage of words and context matter.
You do know the original texts had no punctuation, don't you? Good luck with the sentence diagramming.
Better than accepting the word of a religion that has invented doctrines for 2000 years almost.