The Christ. Note the article. Nota proper name, but an appellative. See on ver, 20.
93. To kill. See on Luke xxiii. 32.
24, Laying await (érvBoudy). So rendered by A. V. wher- ever it occurs, viz. ch. xx. 8, 19; xxiii. 30; but properly
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changed by Rev., in every case, to plot. “ Laying await” refers rather to the execution of the plot than to the plot itself.
Watched. See on Mark iii. 2. Imperfect: they were or kept watching, day and night.
25. By the wall (dua tod reiyous). Rev., more accurately, through the wall, as is explained by 2 Cor. xi. 33. Either through the window of a house overhanging the wall, or through a window in the wall itself opening to houses on its inner side. Hackett says that he observed such windows in the wall at Damascus. On the mode of escape, compare Josh. i. 15; 1 Sam. xix. 12.
Basket (c7rupiss). See on Matt. xiv. 20. In Paul’s account of this adventure he uses capyavn, a plaited or braided basket of wicker-work ; or, as some think, of ropes.
26. Join himself, See on ch. v.13; Luke xv. 15; x. 11.
27. Declared (dunyjcaro). Related throughout. See on Luke viii. 89; and compare on declaration, Luke i. 1.
Had preached boldly (éappnatdcato). See on freely, ch. Line,
29. Grecians. Reyv., correctly, Grecian Jews. See on ch. vi. 1:
Went about (ézeyelpouv). Better, attempted : lit., took in - hand.
31. The churches. The best texts read the church ; em- bracing all the different churches throughout the three prov-
inces of Palestine.
Edified. Or bwilt up.
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Comfort (zapakryjoe). From rapaxanréa, to call toward or to one’s side for help. The word is rendered in the New Testament both exhortation and consolation. Compare Acts xiii. 15 ; Rom. xii. 8; 2 Cor. viii. 17; Heb. xii. 5; and Luke ii. 25 (see note) ; 2 Thess. ii. 16; Matt. v.4. In some passages the meaning is disputed, as Philip. ii. 1, where, as in 1 Cor. xiv. 3, it is joined with mapapvIiov or Tapauvdia, the meaning of which also varies between ¢ncentive and consolation or assuagement. Here ew- hortation is the rendering approved by the best authorities, to be construed with was multiplied: was multiplied by the exhorta- tion of the Holy Ghost ; i.e., by the Holy Spirit inspiring the preachers, and moving the hearts of the hearers.
32. Lydda. The Zod of the Old Testament (Ezra ii. 33); about a day’s journey from Jerusalem.
33. Eight years. The duration of the malady, and the fact of his having been bedridden for the whole time, are character- istic of the physician’s narrative.
Bed. See on Mark ii. 14.
Sick of the palsy. Better, as Rev., palsied. See on Luke v. 18.
. 84. Jesus Christ. But note the article: Jesus the Christ; the Anointed ; Messiah.
Maketh thee whole (/dérai ce). Rev., healeth thee. See on Luke vi. 19.
Make thy bed (otpacov ceavté). Lit., strew for thyself. Not, henceforth, but on the spot, as an evidence of restoration.
35. Saron. Rey., properly, Sharon. Always with the defi- nite article: the plain ; extending thirty miles along the sea from Joppa to Caesarea.
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36. Disciple (uadyrpva). A feminine form, only here in New Testament.
Tabitha—Dorcas. The latter word being the Greek equiv- alent of the former, which is Aramaic, and meaning gazelle, which in the East was a favorite type of beauty. See Song of Solomon ii. 9, 17; iv. 5; vii. 8. It was customary at this time for the Jews to have two names, one Hebrew and the other Greek or Latin; and this would especially be the case in a seaport like Joppa, which was both a Gentile and a Jewish town. She may have been known by both names.