b Acts xxv,
Γαλιλαϊός ἐστι: 7. καὶ ἐπιγνοὺς ὅτι ἐκ τῆς ἐξουσίας Ἡρώδου ἐστίν, 5 ἀνέπεμψεν αὐτὸν πρὸς Ἡρώδην, ὄντα καὶ αὐτὸν ἐν ἹἹεροσολύμοις ἐν ταύταις ταῖς ἡμέραις. 8. ὁ δὲ Ἠρώδης ἰδὼν τὸν Ἰησοῦν ἐχάρη λίαν - ἦν γὰρ θέλων ἐξ ἱκανοῦ1 ἰδεῖν αὐτόν, διὰ τὸ ἀκούειν πολλὰ 3 περὶ αὐτοῦ: καὶ ἥλπιζέ τι σημεῖον ἰδεῖν ὑπ αὐτοῦ γινόμενον. 9g. ἔπηρ- ta δὲ αὐτὸν ἐν λόγοις ἱκανοῖς: αὐτὸς δὲ οὐδὲν ἀπεκρίνατο αὐτῶ. 1Ο. εἰστήκεισαν δὲ of ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ οἱ γραμματεῖς, εὐτόνως κατη- γοροῦντες αὐτοῦ. 11. ἐξουθενήσας δὲ αὐτὸν ὃ ὁ Ἡρώδης σὺν τοῖς στρατεύµασιν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐμπαίξας, περιβαλὼν αὐτὸν ” ἐσθῆτα λαμ- πράν, ἀνέπεμψεν αὐτὸν τῷ Πιλάτω. 12. ἐγένοντο δὲ Φίλοι ὅ τε Πιλάτος καὶ ὁ Ἠρώδης ὅ ἐν αὐτῇ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ μετ ἀλλήλων: προῦ-
πῆρχον yap ἐν ἔχθρα ὄντες πρὸς ἑαυτούς.5
13. Πιλάτος δὲ συγ-
1 εξ ικανων χρονων θελων in NBT. D also has εξ τκανων χρ., but θελων ina
different position. L omits θελων. 8 Omit πολλα SSBDLT 1, 131 al.
3 και before ο H. in SLTX 13, 69 (Tisch., W.H., marg.).
4 Omit αυτον BLT.
5 Hp. and Πιλ. change places in BLT.
words from καὶ to Γαλιλαίας are omitted in some MSS., and it is not inconceivable that they are an early gloss to explain ver. 6 (so Weiss in Meyer).
Vv. 6-12. Before Herod, peculiar to Lk.—Ver. 7. ἀνέπεμψεν, remitted Him
= remisit, sent Him to, not the higher (Meyer), but the proper tribunal: a Galilean, to the tetrarch of Galilee; a technical term.—év ‘lepoo. Herod would be in Jerusalem to keep the Passover, though that is not stated.—Ver. 8. ἐχάρη λίαν, was much pleased, “ exceeding glad” (A.V. and R.V.) is too grave a phrase to express the feeling of this worth- less man, who simply expected from the meeting with Jesus a “‘ new amusement ”’ (Schanz), such as might be got from a conjurer who could perform some clever tricks (τι onpetov).—Ver. 9. ἐν λόγοις ἱκανοῖς: suggesting the idea of a de- sultory conversation, in which the king introduced topic after topic in a random, incoherent manner, showing no serious interest in any of his questions.—ovdév ἀπεκρίνατο, answered nothing, which would greatly astonish and pique this kingling, accustomed to courtier-ser- vility. The fact that Jesus said nothing, and that nothing of importance came out of the appearance before Herod, may explain its omission by the other evangelists.—Ver. Io. of ἀρχιερεῖς, etc., priests and scribes, there too, having followed Jesus, afraid that the case
BD omit.
6 αντους in NBLT.
might take an unfavourable turn in their absence.—evtévws, eagerly (Acts xviii. 28).—Ver. 11. ἐξουθεήσας: on this verb and kindred forms, vide at Mk. ix. 12. Herod, feeling slighted by Jesus, slights Him in turn, inciting his body- guards (τοῖς στρατεύµασιν, which cannot here mean armies) to mock Him, and having Him invested with a costly robe, probably a cast-off royal mantle of his own, and so sending Him back a mock king to Pilate, a man to be laughed at, not to be feared or punished.—éo@jjrTa λαμπρὰν, a splendid robe; of what colour, purple or white, commentators vainly inquire.—évéwepwev, “sent Him again” (A.V.), or “back” (Κ.Υ... The verb may mean here, as in ver. 7, sent Him to Pilate as the proper person totry the case. The two magnates com- pliment each other, and shirk unpleasant work by sending Jesus hither and thither from tribunal to tribunal, the plaything and sport of unprincipled men.—Ver. 12. éyévowro φίλοι: that the one posi- tive result of the transaction—two rulers, previously on bad terms, reconciled, at least for the time. Sending Jesus to Herod was a politic act on Pilate’s part. It might have ended the case so far as he was concerned; it pleased a jealous prince, and it gave him a free hand in dealing with the matter: nothing to fear in that quarter.—pet’ ἀλλήλων for ἀλλήλοις (Euthy. Zig., who also sub-