{We had hoped} ((886c)pisamen). First aorist active indicative
of elpiz(935c). "Expected," he means. They went beyond his hopes
about them. {First they gave their own selves} (heautous ed(936b)an
pr(9374)on). First aorist active indicative of did(936d)i (k aorist).
"Themselves they gave first." That is the explanation of the
generous giving.