PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
The Expositor's Greek Testament — Volume 2
Nicoll, W. Robertson (editor), 1851-1923 · 731,986 words · 1069 reading sections
18—23. Πραξεις Αποστολων
Ver. 20. θυμομαχῶν: lit., “‘to fight desperately ” Polyb., ix., 40, 4; xxvii., 8, 4, and it might be used not only of open warfare, but of any violent quarrel; here almost=épylfeo@ar. There could be no question of actual warfare, as Phcenicia was part of the province of Syria, and Herod had no power to wage war …
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Ver. 22. δῆμος: only in Acts, xvii. 5, xix. 30, 33, but in the same signification in classical Greek.—émwedover: later Greek in this sense (cf. the flatterers in the description of Josephus, 1. s., ἀνεβόων, that Herod was θεός, and so in the words εὐμενὴς εἴης). In N.T. only in Luke, ef. Luke xxiii. 21, Acts xxi…
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i., 318. The term itself was one which we might expect from a medical man, and St. Luke may easily have learnt the exact nature of the disease during his two years residence in Czsarea (Belser). See Ho- bart, pp. 42, 43, Knabenbauer zn loco. The word was used of a disease of plants, but Luke, no less than his co…
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281 XIII. 1. ἨΣΑΝ δέ ties} ἐν ᾽Αντιοχεία κατὰ τὴν οὖσαν ἐκκλησίαν προφῆται καὶ διδάσκαλοι, 6 τε” Βαρνάβας καὶ Συμεὼν ὁ καλούμενος (Νίγερ, καὶ Λούκιος 6 Κυρηναῖος, Μαναήν τε Ηρώδου τοῦ τετράρχου 1 τινες om. NABD 6τ, Vulg., Syr. Pesh., Sah., Boh., Aeth., so Tisch., W.H., Ε.Ν., Welss, Wendt. ° For o te D, Vulg. read…
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282 σύντροφος, καὶ Σαῦλος. , ~ lot 2. λειτουργούντων δὲ αὐτῶν τῷ Κυρίῳ καὶ na 2 > νηστευόντων, εἶπε TO Πνεῦμα τὸ "Άγιον, ᾽Αφορίσατε δή pot τόν τε Βαρνάβαν καὶ τὸν Σαῦλον eis τὸ έργον ὃ προσκέκληµαι αὐτούς. hood, pp. 159, 160, 166, 208. See further on the relation of the prophets and teachers in the Didaché ‘ C…
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2—4. 3. τότε νηστεύσαντες καὶ προσευξάµενοι, καὶ ἐπιθέντες τὰς χεῖρας αὐτοῖς, ἀπέλυσαν.ὶ 4. Οὗτοι μὲν οὖν ἐκπεμφθέντες ὑπὸ τοῦ Πνεύματος 1 απελνυσαν D omits, Blass retains, so Hilg.; its omission ruins the construction. (τον B. και) τον Σ., om. τον S2ABCDE, Tisch., W.H., Blass, Weiss, Hilg.; cf. Ramsay, ‘‘ Forms …
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284 τοῦ ‘Ayiou,! κατῆλθον εἰς τὴν Σελεύκειαν, ἐκεῖθέν τε ἀπέπλευσαν cis τὴν Κύπρον. 5. Kal γενόµενοι ἐν Σαλαμῖνι, κατήγγελλον τὸν λόγον 1 εκπεµφ. υπο Tov Π., Par. has egressi ¢ sanctis = οι µεν ουν εξελθοντες απο των αγιων, Blass in B, and for απηλθον D has καταβαντες (so Blass and Hilg.). was already an Apostle,…
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Ver. 5. Σαλαμῖνι: the nearest place to Seleucia on the eastern coast of Cyprus. A few hours’ sail in favourable weather would bring the traveller to a harbour con- venient and capacious. The Jewish colony must have been considerable since mention is made of synagogues.—xatTny- γελλον: “they began to proclaim”...…
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See further, Πάφου: Nea Paphos—the chief town and the place of residence of the Roman governor—some little distance from the old Paphos (Παλαίπαφος, Strabo) cele- brated for its Venustemple. The place still bears the name of Bajfa, Renan, St. Paul, p. 14; O. Holtzmann, Nextest, Zeitgeschichte, p. 101 ; C. and H…
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Ver. 8. ἀνθίστατο: because he saw that his hope of gain was gone, cf. xvi. 19, xix. 27, and the hope of retaining influence with the proconsul; see reading in D, cf. 2 Tim. iii. 8, where St. Paul 7---τοι, 8. ἀνθίστατο δὲ αὐτοῖς ᾿Ελύμας, 6 μάγος, (οὕτω γὰρ μεθερμηνεύεται % 22 3 A a 5 / A 3 θύ ντ 4, ο / 1 τὸ ὄνομ…
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Ver. το. πλήρης: for an interesting pa- rallel in Plato cf. Wetstein, in loco, Plato, Legg., 908 Ὁ.--ῥᾳδιουργίας: only here in N.T., cf. xviii. 14, hellenistic, R.V. “villainy,” A.V. “mischief’’ (soGenevan), 288 , - - ὁδοὺς Κυρίου 1 τὰς εὐθείας; 11. καὶ νῦν ἰδοὺ χεὶρ τοῦ Κυρίου ἐπὶ σέ,. καὶ ἔση τυφλὸς μὴ βλέπων…
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Ver. 12. ἐπίστευσεν: “ the blindness- of Elymas opened the eyes of the pro- consul” (Felten). If the verb is under- stood in its full sense, vz., that Sergius Paulus became a convert to the faith, ver. 48, ii. 44, iv. 4, xi. 21, baptism would be implied, viii. 12.--ἐκπλησσ., Matt. vii. 28, Mark i. 22, xi. 18, Lu…
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‘zu seinem Mutter”). See Deissmann’s striking note, Bibelstudien, p. 185, on the fact that here, where John Mark leaves Paul for Jerusalem, he is simply ‘“*John,” his Jewish name; in xv. 39 he δοες with Barnabas to Cyprus, and on that occasion only he is described by his Gentile name “Mark” alone. On the ‘peril…
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15. Mera δὲ τὴν ἀνάγνωσιν τοῦ νόµου καὶ τῶν προφητῶν, ἀπέστειλαν οἱ 2 { x > , ” 2 / 3 / ἀρχισυνάγωγοι πρὸς αὐτούς, λέγοντες, Άνδρες ἀδελφοί, εἰ έστι λόγος and so some MSS. in the passage be- fore us; see critical notes, and Ramsay, ‘«« Antioch in Pisidia,” in Hastings’ B.D., Church in the Roman Empire, p. 25, an…
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15--17. 2091 ἐν ὑμῖν παρακλήσεως ] πρὸς τὸν λαὸν λέγετε. 16. ἀναστὰς δὲ Παῦλος, ‘4 / - 1 ΄ ” 3 Cal a c , καὶ κατασείσας τῇ χειρὶ, εἶπεν, Άνδρες Ισραηλῖται, καὶ οἱ φοβούμενοι τὸν Θεόν, ἀκούσατε. 17. 6 Θεὸς τοῦ λαοῦ τούτου Ισραὴλ ἐξελέξατο τοὺς πατέρας ἡμῶν: καὶ τὸν λαὸν ὕψωσεν ἐν ~ τη παροικίᾳ ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ, …
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t. Paul elsewhere, 2 Cor. xi. 7, in con- trast with ταπεινόω, cf. its similar use in Luke i. 52. Rendall refers its use here to 2 Kings xxv. 27, “lifted up,” 1.ε., at the end of a miserable state of bondage, a passage where the verb is closely joined with ἐξήγαγεν. In Isaiah i. 2 and xxifi, 18. καὶ ὡς τεσσαρακον…
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18—25. 293 καὶ πεντήκοντα, ἔδωκε κριτὰς ἕως Σαμουὴλ τοῦ προφήτου: 21. κἀκεῖθεν ἠτήσαντο βασιλέα, καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς ὁ Θεὸς τὸν Σαοὺλ υἱὸν Kis, ἄνδρα ἐκ φυλῆς Βενιαμίν, ἔτη τεσσαράκοντα" 22. καὶ µεταστήσας αὐτόν, ἤγειρεν αὐτοῖς τὸν Δαβὶδ εἰς βασιλέα, ᾧ καὶ εἶπε µαρτυρήσας, ““Εὗρον Δαβὶδ τὸν τοῦ ᾿εσσαί, ἄνδρα κατὰ τ…
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Ver. 24. προκηρύξ. not in LXX or Apocrypha, but in classical Greek, cf. also Josephus, Avt., x., 5, 1, and also in Plut., Ῥο]γῦ.-- πρὸ προσώπου τῆς εἰσόδου : ‘“ before the face of his entering in,” Κ.Υ. margin, cf. Luke i. 76; here used temporally, really a Hebraistic pleonasm, cf. Mal. iii. x, an εχρτες- sion …
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Ver. 29. ὡς δὲ ἐτέλεσαν ἅπαντα: St. Paul was evidently acquainted with the details of the Passion as well as with the main facts of the death and burial, cf 1 Cor. xi. 23; and for the verb used here Luke xviii. 31, xxii. 37, John xix. 28, 30; only here in Acts. Weiss regards the subject of ἐτέλ., καθέλ., ἔθηκαν …
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the Gospel of Peter, 21-24, as Hilgenfeld noted. But Joseph of Arimathzea and Nicodemus were both Jews and members of the Council.—rot ξύλον, cf. v. 30, x. 39. Jiingst, without any ground, as Hilgenfeld remarks, refers ver. 29 partly on account of this expression to a reviser, and so 44-37. On ξύλον, significant…
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Seutépw! γέγραπται, “Vids µου εἶ σύ: ἐγὼ σήµερον γεγέννηκά oe.” 34. ὅτι δὲ ἀνέστησεν αὐτὸν ἐκ νεκρῶν, µηκέτι μέλλοντα ὑποστρέφειν εἰς διαφθορὰν, οὕτως εἴρηκεν, '΄ Ὅτι δώσω ὑμῖν τὰ ὅσια Δαβὶδ τὰ πιστά. 35. διὸ” καὶ ἐν ἑτέρῳ λέγει, “Ob δώσεις τὸν ὅσιόν σου ἰδεῖν διαφθοράν.;. 36. Δαβὶδ μὲν γὰρ ἰδίᾳ γενεᾷ ὑπηρετήσας τῇ…
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347739: διαφθοράν. 37. dv δὲ ὁ Θεὸς ἤγειρεν, οὐκ εἶδε διαφθοράν. 297 38. Γνωστὸν οὖν ἔστω ὑμῖν, ἄνδρες ἀδελφοί, ὅτι διὰ τούτου 1 ὑμῖν ἄφεσις ἁμαρτιῶν καταγγέλλεται: 39. kal? ἀπὸ πάντων ὧν οὐκ ἠδυνήθητε ἐν τῷ νόµῳ Μωσέως δικαιωθῆναι, ἐν τούτῳ was ὁ πιστεύων δικαιοῦται, 1 δια τοντου NAB ®CDLP, so all edd. ; δια τ…
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40. βλέπετε οὖν μὴ ἐπέλθῃ ed’ Suds τὸ εἰρημένον ἐν τοῖς προφήταις, 41. ''Ἴδετε, οἱ καταφρονηταί, καὶ θαυµάσατε καὶ ἀφανίσθητε: ὅτι ἔργον ἐγὼ ἐργάζομαι ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ὑμῶν, ἔργον ᾧ οὐ μὴ πιστεύσητε, ἐάν τις ἐκδιηγῆται ὑμῖν.” 42. Εξιόντων δὲ ἐκ τῆς συναγωγῆς τῶν Ἰουδαίων,ἲ παρεκάλουν τὰ ἔθνη εἰς τὸ μεταξὺ σάββατον …
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Ver. 43. Av. δὲ: Paul and Barnabas 299 43. λυθείσης δὲ τῆς συναγωγῆς, ἠκολούθησαν πολλοὶ τῶν Ἰουδαίων καὶ τῶν σεβοµένων προσηλύτων τῷ Παύλῳ καὶ τῷ Βαρνάβα 1: οἵτινες προσλαλοῦντες αὐτοῖς, ἔπειθον αὐτοὺς ἐπιμένειν τῇ χάριτι τοῦ Θεοῦ. 44. TO δὲ ἐρχομένῳ ” σαββάτῳ σχεδὸν πᾶσα ἡ πόλις συνήχθη ἀκοῦσαι τὸν λόγον τοῦ Θε…
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300 ἑαυτοὺς τῆς αἰωνίου ζωῆς, ἰδοὺ στρεφόµεθα εἰς τὰ ἔθνη: 47. οὕτω γὰρ ἐντέταλται ἡμῖν ὁ Κύριος, “ Τέθεικά 1 σε εἰς pas ἐθνῶν, τοῦ εἶναί 3 , = > ~ ~ » σε εἰς σωτηρίαν ἕως ἐσχάτου τῆς γῆς. 48. ἀκούοντα δὲ τὰ ἔθνη ἔχαιρον, καὶ ἐδόξαζον } τὸν λόγον τοῦ Κυρίου, καὶ ἐπίστευσαν ὅσοι = / 3 ‘ 3 ἦσαν τεταγµένοι εἰς Ἰωὴ…
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Ver. 50. παρώτρυναν: “urged on,” R.V.; only here in N.T., not in LXX or Apocrypha; so in Pind., Lucian, and so too in Josephus, Ant., vii., 6, 1, καὶ ἐξέβαλον αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ τῶν ὁρίων αὐτῶν. τὸν κονιορτὸν τῶν ποδῶν αὐτῶν ἐπ᾽ αὐτούς, ἦλθον 1 εἰς ᾽Ικόνιον. 301 51. οἱ δὲ ἐκτιναξάμενοι 52. οἱ δὲ μαθηταὶ ἐπληροῦντο χαρ…
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Ver. 2. ἀπειθοῦντες, see critical notes. If we read ἀπειθήσαντες, “that were dis- obedient,” R.V., but cf. John iii. 36, and Page’s note in loco. Lumby quotes Ιουδαίων τε καὶ Ελλήνων πολὺ πλήθος. 2. of δὲ ἀπειθοῦντες 1 A ΔΝ ~ cal ~ ἸΙουδαῖοι ἐπήγειραν καὶ ἐκάκωσαν τὰς ψυχὰς τῶν ἐθνῶν κατὰ τῶν ἀδελφῶν. 3. ἱκανὸν …
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above, so Hilgenfeld, who holds that this reading makes it conceivable how Paul and Barnabas could continue their work, On ixavés with χρόνος, peculiar to St. Luke, see p. 215. Ramsay sees the same force in the aorists, and there- fore ver. 3 seems so disconnected that he can only regard it as an early gloss si…
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Ver. 5. The real contrast is marked in this verse, ὡς δὲ éyév. Hitherto the evil results indicated in ver. 2 had not resulted in an open combination of Jews and Gentiles to injure Paul and Barnabas, but now the Jews and their rulers were prepared to act in concert with the Gen- tiles, so that the opposition assu…
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6.) συνιδόντες κατέφυγον eis τὰς πόλεις τῆς Λυκαονίας, Λύστραν καὶ Δέρβην, καὶ τὴν περίχωρον, 7. κἀκεῖ ἦσαν εὐαγγελιζόμενοι." 1 Syr. Harcl. mg. (ef. Flor.) reads ‘‘et fugientes pervenerunt in Lycaoniam, in civitatem quandam, que vocatur Lystra, et Derben,” so Blass in B ; in civit. quandam does not sound Lucan. Hi…
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6--το. [ον ‘ 8. Kat τις ἀνὴρ ἐν Avotpois! ἀδύνατος τοῖς ποσὶν ἐκάθητο, Χωλὸς ἐκ κοιλίας μητρὸς αυτοῦ ὑπάρχων, ὃς οὐδέποτε περιεπεπατήκει.» 4 > - - a , x ee) g. οὗτος HKove* τοῦ Παύλου λαλοῦντος: ὃς ἀτενίσας αὐτῷ, καὶ ἰδὼν A ~ ~ ~ 3 ὅτι πίστιν ἔχει τοῦ σωθῆναι, ΤΟ. εἶπε µεγάλη τῇ φωνῇ, ᾿Ανάστηθι ley Λυστροις, D…
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20 306 ἐπὶ τοὺς πόδας σου ὀρθός. a καὶ ἤλλετο ! καὶ περιεπάτει. 11. Οἱ δὲ ” I, A A - ὄχλοι ἰδόντες ὃ ἐποίησεν ὅ Παῦλος, ἐπῆραν τὴν Φφωνὴν αὐτῶν Λυκαονιστὶ λέγοντες, Ot θεοὶ ὁμοιωθέντες ἀνθρώποις κατέβησαν πρὸς ἡμᾶς: 12. ἐκάλουν τε τὸν μὲν Βαρνάβαν, Ala®- τὸν δὲ Παῦλον, 1. ηλλετο, but ηλατο NABC 61, Vulg., Sah…
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Ἑρμῆν, ἐπειδὴ αὐτὸς ἦν 6 ἡγούμενος τοῦ Adyou.! 397 13. 6 δὲ ἱερεὺς τοῦ Διὸς τοῦ ὄντος πρὸ τῆς πόλεως” αὐτῶν, ταύρους καὶ στέµµατα 1 Flor. om. επειδη αντος ... του λ., and Blass brackets, comparing xvii. 18, xviii. 3, where some Western authorities omit explanatory clause. clause, S¢. Paul, p. 117, but Hilg. retai…
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308 ἐπὶ τοὺς πυλῶνας ἐνέγκας, σὺν τοῖς ὄχλοις ἤθελε θύειν. 14. ᾿Ακού- σαντες δὲ οἱ ἀπόστολοι] Βαρνάβας καὶ Παῦλος, διαῤῥήξαντες τὰ ς 7A > / > ” . ἵμάτια αὐτῶν eicemnSnoay” eis τὸν ὄχλον, KpdLovtes καὶ λέγοντες, ” , A a A al - 15. Άνδρες, τί ταῦτα ποιεῖτε; καὶ ἡμεῖς ὁμοιοπαθεῖς ἐσμεν ὑμῖν ἄνθρωποι, εὐαγγελιζόμεν…
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399 θάλασσαν καὶ πάντα τὰ ἐν αὐτοῖς' 16. ὃς ἐν ταῖς παρωχημέναις γενεαῖς εἴασε πάντα τὰ ἔθνη πορεύεσθαι ταῖς ὁδοῖς αὐτῶν: 17. καίτοιγε] οὐκ ἁμάρτυρον ἑαυτὸν ἀφῆκεν, ἀγαθοποιῶν,” οὐρανόθεν ἡμῖν ὑετοὺς διδοὺς καὶ καιροὺς καρποφόρους, ἐμπιπλῶν τροφῆς καὶ 1 καιτοιγε N*CSHLP 613”, Chrys., Theodt.; καιτοι ΝΕΑΒΟ 3 13, 61…
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εὐφροσύνης τὰς καρδίας ἡμῶν. 18. καὶ ταῦτα λέγοντες, μόλις 3 , ‘ 4 lo] x , > A κατέπαυσαν τοὺς ὄχλους τοῦ μὴ θύειν αὐτοῖς. q 3 fol A - 10." ᾿Επῆλθον δὲ ἀπὸ Αντιοχείας καὶ ᾽Ικονίου ᾿Ιουδαῖοι. καὶ ” A ” πείσαντες τοὺς ὄχλους, καὶ λιθάσαντες τὸν Παῦλον, ἔσυρον ἔξω τῆς 1 ppiv .. . ημων, but υμιν .. « νΌµων Ν ΒΟΡΕ, S…
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Ver. 18. μόλις: used only by Luke and Paul (with one exception of a quota- tion, Pet, iv. 18), Luke ix. 39, W.H. ; four times in Acts, and Rom. v. 7.— κατέπανσαν τοῦ μὴ, x. 47, Burton, N. T. Moods and Tenses, pp. 159, 184. Ver. 19. ἐπῆλθον δὲ: on readings to account for the interval see critical notes. Nothing…
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Ver.21I. εὐαγγελ.: continuous preach- ing, present participle, and the result, many disciples; not ‘having taught many,” A.V., but ‘had made many dis- ciples,” R.V., cf. Matt. xxviii. το. No doubt they pursued the same course as at Lystra, and again we have direct proof that the teaching of the Gospel was not i…
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Ver. 23. Χειροτονήσαντες δὲ αὐτοῖς πρεσβ., see above, x. 41, where the com- pound verb is used, “chosen of God,” ὑπὸ 8. The simple verb is only used here and in 2 Cor. viii. 19: lit., to elect by popular vote, by show of hands, but it is by no means a word of certain meaning, and came to be used, as Ramsay admit…
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Ver. 24. διελ. τὴν Π. “having made a missionary journey through Pisidia,” see above on xiii. 6. Here it seems clearly implied that Pisidian Antioch was not in Pisidia, see above on xiii. 14, and Ramsay, St. Paul, p. 124. Ver. 25. καὶ A, ἐν Πέργῃ τὸν λόγον: in the beginning of their journey they probably made a …
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Ver. 28. χρόνον οὐκ ὀλίγον: only in Acts, where it occurs eight times, cf. xii. 18, etc. ; on the length of time thus spent see ‘ Chronology of the N.T.,” Hastings’ B.D., and also Ramsay, Church in the Roman Empire, p. 74, with which cf. Lewin, Fasti Sacri, p. 288. Additional Note.—In chapters xiii. and xiv. ma…
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chapters, and two of them twice: ἀπο- πλέω, xiii. 4, xiv. 26; διατρίβω with accusative of time, xiv. 3; ἕξειμι, xiii. 42; ἥμέραι πλείονς, xiii. 31; προσκέ- κλημαι with accusative, xiii. 2, 7; ὑπονοέω, xiii. 25. On the position of these two chapters relatively to chap. xv. see below. Additional note on xiv. 23.—O…
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XV. 1. ΚΑΙ τινες κατελθόντες ἀπὸ τῆς Ἰουδαίας ἐδίδασκον τοὺς ἀδελφούς, Ὅτι ἐὰν μὴ περιτέμνησθε] τῷ ἔθει Μωῦσέως, οὐ δύνασθε l περιτεµνησθε, but περιτµηθητε ΦΑΡΒΟΤ 13, 40, 180, Const. Apost., Epiph., so Tisch., W.H., Blass, R.V., Weiss, Wendt, Hilg. After lovSatas Syr. Harcl. mg., 8, 137 add των πεπιστευκοτων απο Τη…
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Ver. 3. οἱ μὲν οὖν: Phoenicia and Samaria on the one hand welcome them with joy, but on the other hand the Church in Jerusalem is divided, ver. 5, see Rendall, Appendix on μὲν οὖν, p. 161. Blass however thinks that the words are used “‘ without opposition ”’ as οΏεπ.---διήρχοντο τὴν Φ. καὶ Σ., see note on xiii.…
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as Wendt points out, depends on the con- text.—éx8uny. : only here and in quota- tion, xiii. 41 in N.T., ‘telling the tale of the conversion of the Gentiles”; so διη- γεῖσθαι and ἐξηγεῖσθαι more frequently in Luke than in other N.T. writers. Hobart describes all three as medical terms but all three also occur fr…
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πρεσβυτέρων, ἀνήγγειλάν τε ὅσα 6 Θεὸς ἐποίησε per αὐτῶν. 5. ἐξανέστησαν | δέ τινες τῶν ἀπὸ τῆς αἱρέσεως τῶν Φαρισαίων πεπισ- x κ τευκότες, λέγοντες, Ότι δεῖ περιτέµνειν αὐτούς, παραγγέλλειν τε τηρεῖν τὸν νόµον Μωῦσέως. 6. Συνήχθησαν δὲ ot ἀπόστολοι καὶ οἱ j 3 ἰδεῖ ὶ τοῦ Ad j πρεσβύτεροι ” ἰδεῖν περὶ τοῦ λόγου τού…
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319 7. Πολλῆς δὲ συζητήσεως | γενομένης, ἀναστὰς Πέτρος εἶπε πρὸς αὐτούς. Άνδρες ἀδελφοί, ὑμεῖς ἐπίστασθε ὅτι dh ἡμερῶν ἀρχαίων ὁ Θεὸς ἐν ἡμῖν ἐξελέξατο ” διὰ τοῦ στόµατός µου ἀκοῦσαι τὰ ἔθνη τὸν λόγον τοῦ εὐαγγελίου, καὶ πιστεῦσαι. 8. καὶ 6 καρδιογνώστης Θεὸς A a fol ΄ ἐμαρτύρησεν αὐτοῖς, δοὺς αὐτοῖς τὸ Πνεῦμα …
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ἡμῶν οὔτε ἡμεῖς ἰσχύσαμεν βαστάσαι; I1. ἀλλὰ διὰ τῆς χάριτος Κυρίου ᾿Ιησοῦ Χριστοῦ πιστεύοµεν σωθῆναι, καθ ὃν τρόπον κἀκεῖνοι, 12.1 ᾿ΕἘσίγησε δὲ wav τὸ πλῆθος, καὶ ἤκουον Βαρνάβα καὶ Παύλου ἐξηγουμένων ὅσα ἐποίησεν ὁ Ocds σημεῖα καὶ τέρατα ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσι D, Syr. Harcl. mg. prefix συγκατατιθεµενων δε των πρεσβντερων…
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Ver. 13. peta δὲ τὸ σ., i.¢., after Barnabas and Paul had ceased speaking. —drex. Ἰ. A. : his speech may be divided into two parts: (1) reference to the pro- phecy foretelling the reception of the 1r—16. δι 3 ~ αυτωγ. 321 13. Mera δὲ τὸ σιγῆσαι αὐτούς, ἀπεκρίθη Ιάκωβος λέγων, ᾿Ἄνδρες ἀδελφοί, ἀκούσατέ µου: 1…
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and Hilg.; Similar Ver. 16.» Mera ταῦτα: both Hebrew and LXX, ἐν τῇ ἔκει. τῇ ἡμέρᾳ, {.ε., in the Messianic times, after the pre- dicted chastisement of Israel: the house of David is in ruins, but it is to be re-erected, and from the restoration of its prosperity the Messianic blessings will flow: ‘the person o…
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ἀνοικοδομήσω, καὶ ἀνορθώσω αὐτήν: 17. ὅπως ἂν ἐκζητήσωσιν ot κατάλοιποι τῶν ἀνθρώπων τὸν Κύριον, καὶ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, ἐφ οὓς ἐπικέκληται τὸ ὄνομά pou ἐπ᾽ αὐτούς: λέγει Κύριος 61 ποιῶν ταῦτα πάντα. 18.2 γνωστὰ dm’ αἰῶνός ἐστι τῷ Θεῷ πάντα τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ. 19. διὸ ἐγὼ ὃ κρίνω μὴ παρενοχλεῖν τοῖς ἀπὸ τῶν ἐθνῶν ἐπιστρέφουσ…
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323 ἐπὶ τὸν Θεόν: 20. ἀλλὰ ἐπιστεῖλαι αὐτοῖς τοῦ ἀπέχεσθαι 1] ἀπὸ τῶν ἀλισγημάτων τῶν εἰδώλων καὶ τῆς πορνείας καὶ τοῦ πνικτοῦ καὶ τοῦ 1 απο om. ΝΒΏ 61, 180, so Tisch., W.H., Blass, Weiss, Wendt, Hilg. και του πνικτου om, art. AB 13, 61, so W.H., Weiss. D, Gig., Iren. omit kat του πνικτον (see also νετ. 29). Wendt…
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in Gal. il. 9 (cf. Acts xii. 17, xxi. 18). At the same time ver. 22 shows us that neither the authority of St. James nor that of the other Apostles is conceived of as overriding the general consent of the whole Church.—pi παρενοχλεῖν: only here in N.T.; ‘not to trouble,’ A. and R.V.; it may be possible to press …
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ae , 3γἱ ο) > ‘ ei / a σ ~ 22. Τότε ἔδοξε τοῖς ἀποστόλοις καὶ τοῖς πρεσβυτέροις σὺν ὅλη τῇ , 3 , ” 3 Φα έ Ἆα / 3 3 ΄ ‘ ἐκκλησίᾳ, ἐκλεξαμένους ἄνδρας ἐξ αὗτῶν méppar εἰς ᾽Αντιόχειαν σὺν -- 3 τῷ Παύλω καὶ Βαρνάβα, ᾿Ιούδαν τὸν 1 ἐπικαλούμενον Βαρσαβᾶν, καὶ 1 επικ., but καλ. SNABCDEL, Tisch., W.H., Blass, Weiss, We…
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Ver. 22. ote: the word is often found in public resolutions and official decrees, Herod., i., 3; Thuc., iv., 118 L) and S.).—rots amoo. ... ἐκλεξ. . . . γράψ.: on the irregular construction see Page and Rendall, and instances in Alford and Lumby; and further, Burton, N. T. Moods and Tenses, Ρ. 173.- σὺν ὅλῃ τῇ …
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Ver. 23.—ot ἀπόστ. καὶ ot πρεσβ. καὶ οἱ ἀδελ., but in R.V. “the Apostles and the elder brethren,’’ see critical notes. The phrase as it stands in R.V. has been called meaningless (Page), but Hort, Ecclesia, p. 71, while admitting that the phrase is unusual, defends it as indicat- ing that they who held the offic…
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Ver. 25. Ὑενομ. ὁμοθυμαδόν: “ having come to one accord,” “‘einmutig gewor- den,” Weiss: ὁμοθ., though frequent in Acts, see i. 14, only here with γεν. For the form of the phrase as_indi- cating mutual deliberation on the part of the Church collectively see “' Council,” Dict. of Chr. Ant.,i., {74.-- ἐκλεξ. ἄνδρα…
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Weiss, Codex D, p. 82, refers the words to a reminiscence of Acts xx. Ig. Times, December, 1898. Moreover it would seem that this ἔδοξε is quite in accordance with the manner in which Jewish Rabbis would formulate their de- cisions. — μηδὲν πλέον . . . βάρος: the words indicate authority on the part of the speak…
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20—32. 9 1 τούτων, 20. ἀπέχεσθαι εἰδωλοθύτων καὶ αἵματος Kal! πνικτοῦ καὶ πορνείας. ἐξ ὧν διατηροῦντες ἑαυτοὺς eb? πράξετε. ἔῤῥωσθε. 30. Οἱ μὲν οὖν ἀπολυθέντες ὃ ἦλθον εἰς ᾽Αντιόχειαν" καὶ συναγα- γόντες τὸ πλῆθος, ἐπέδωκαν τὴν ἐπιστολήν. 31. ἀναγνόντες δὲ ἐχάρησαν ἐπὶ τῇ παρακλήσει. 32. Ιούδας δὲ καὶ Σίλας, καὶ…
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Ver. 32. καὶ αὐτοὶ προφ. ὄντες: Wendt, so Meyer, takes καὶ αὐτοί not with προφ. ὄντες (these words in com- mas), but with the words which follow, indicating that Judas and Silas gave encouragement to the brethren person- ally (cf. ver. 27), as the letter had verb- ally; but punctuation of Τ.Ε. in R.V., W.H., We…
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