1. Infirmities (ac3evnuara). Only here in the New Testa- ment.
8. Of the circumcision. Of those circumcised. See on the election, ch. xi. 7.
9. It is written. The citations are from Ps. xviii.50; com- pare 2 Sam. xxii. 50; Deut. xxxii. 43; Ps. exvii. 1; Isa. xi. 10.
Confess. Rev., give praise. See on ch. xiv. 11. Sing (Ware). See on Jas. v. 13.
10. Rejoice (edppav3nre). Frequently in the New Testa- ment of merry-making. Luke xii. 19; xv. 23, 24. See on fared sumptuously, Luke xvi. 19.
12. Root. See on Wazarene, Matt. ii. 23. oot is a sprout from the root.
He that shall rise to reign. Rev., that ariseth to reign. Literally from the Septuagint. Ariseth to reign is a paraphrase of the Hebrew stands as banner. Bengel says: “There is a pleasant contrast: the root is in the lowest place, the banner rises highest, so as to be seen even by the remotest nations.”
Shall—hope. So Septuagint, which is a free rendering of the Hebrew seek or resort to.
14. Here the Epilogue of the Epistle begins. Bengel says: “Ags one street often leads men, leaving a large city, through several gates, so the conclusion of this Epistle is manifold.”
Goodness (dyaIwovvns). See on ch. iii. 12.
To admonish (vovJereiv). See on Acts xx. 31.
15. | have written (@ypaya). Rev., J write. The epistol- ary aorist. See on 1 John ii. 13.
The more boldly (rorunpdtepov). Not too boldly, but the more boldly because you are full of goodness.
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In some sort (a7d uépous). See on ch. xi.25. Rev., in some measure, qualifying J wrete, and referring to some passage in which he had spoken with especial plainness; as ch. vi. 12,19); viii. 9; xi. 17; xiv. 3, 4, 10, 18, 15, 20, ete.
16. Minister (Aevroupyov). See on ch. xiii. 6.
Ministering (‘epovpyodvra). Only here in the New Testa- ment. Lit., ministering as a priest.
Offering up (spocdopa). Lit., the bringing to, i.e. to the altar. Compare doeth service, John xvi. 2.
17. Whereof I may glory (rijv xavynow). Rather, as Rev., my glorying, denoting the act. The ground of glorying would be xavynua as in ch. iv. 2; Gal. vi. 4, etc.
Those things which pertain to God (ra mpos Tov Oecdv). A technical phrase in Jewish liturgical language to denote the functions of worship (Heb. ii. 17; v. 1). According with the sacerdotal ideas of the previous verse.
19. Signs—wonders. See on Matt. xi. 20.
Round about («dxA@). Not, in a circuitous track to Illyri- cum, but Jerusalem and the regions round it. For the phrase, see Mark iii. 34; vi. 6, 36; Luke ix. 12; Apoe. iv. 6. For the Jjacts, Acts xiii., xix.
Ilyricum. Lying between Italy, Germany, Macedonia, and Thrace, bounded by the Adriatic and the Danube. The usual Greek name was Illyris. The name Illyria oceurs in both Greek and Latin. Though the shore was full of fine harbors and the coast-land fertile, Greek civilization never spread on the coast. Dyrrachium or Epidamnus was almost the only Greek colony, and its history for centuries was a continuous conflict with the barbarous nations. In the time of the Roman Empire the name spread over all the surrounding districts. In the division between the Eastern and Western Empire it was divided into Illyris Barbara, annexed to the Western Empire, and Illyris Graeca, to the Eastern, including Greece, Epirus, and Macedonia. The name gradually disappeared, and the country was divided between the states of Bosnia, Croatia,
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Servia, Rascia, and Dalmatia. No mention of a visit of Paul occurs in the Acts. It may have taken place in the journey mentioned Acts xx. 1-3.*
Fully preached (rerAnpaxévar). Lit., fulfilled. Some ex- plain, have given the Gospel its full development so that it has reached every quarter.