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Πάντων δὲ θαυμαζόντων ἐπὶ πᾶσιν ots α Acts xix. i’ 2 Pet.
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1 SSBL omit εν.
2 eBoncev in NBCDL,
Σεπιβλεψαι in BCL. SD have -ον = Τ.Ε.
4 por εστι in NABCDLX 33 verss.
5 μολις in B (W.H.); µογις in CD (Tisch.).
6 εκβαλωσιν in most uncials.
Not found elsewhere in N.T,
7 For εποι. ο |. SBDLE have simply ewoues (Tisch., W.H.).
the miracle.—Ver. 39. κράζει, he (the boy) crieth.—omapdooat, he (the demon) teareth him.—Ver. 42. προσερχομένον αὐτοῦ, while the boy was approaching Jesus, in accordance with His request that he should be brought to Him, the demon made a final assault on his victim, rending and convulsing him,— Ver. 43. ἐπὶ τῇ µεγαλειότητι τ. Θεοῦ, the people were astonished at the majesty of God, revealed in the power that could work such acure. In Acts ii. 22 God is represented as working miracles through Jesus. So the matter is conceived here. But Lk. thinks of the majesty of God as immanent in Jesus.
Vv. 43b-45. Second prediction of the Passion (Mt. xvii. 22-23, Mk. ix. 30-32). ---πάντων θαυμαζόντων, etc., while all were wondering at all the things which He did. The reference is to the cure of the epileptic, which led the multitude to
see in Jesus the bearer of the majesty or greatness of the Almighty,—elwe. Jesus spoke a second time of His approaching death, in connection with this prevailing wonder, and His aim was to keep the disciples from being misled by it. The setting in Mt. and Mk. is different. There Jesus speaks of His passion, while He with the Twelve is wandering about in Galilee, endeavouring, according to Mk., to remain unnoticed, and He speaks of it simply because it is the engrossing theme with which His mind is constantly preoccupied. Here, on the other hand, the second announcement is elicited by an external occasion, the admiration of the people.—Ver. 44. t παραδί- δοσθαι, is about to be betrayed. Lk. gives the specialty of the second pre- diction as in the parallels. Where he fails in comparison with Mt. and Mk. is in grasping the psychological situation
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