21—25.
εἰς τὸ δεσµωτήριον, ἀχθῆναι αὐτούς.
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22. ot δὲ ὑπηρέται παρα-
οὐχ εὗρον αὐτοὺς ἐν τῇ φυλακῇ ’ ἀναστρέψαντες δὲ
ἀπήγγειλαν, λέγοντες, 23. Ὅτι τὸ μὲν δεσµωτήριον εὕρομεν κεκλεισ- µένον ἐν πάση ἀσφαλεία, καὶ τοὺς φύλακας ἔξω2 ἑστῶτας πρὸ τῶν
θυρῶν: ἀνοίξαντες δέ, ἔσω οὐδένα εὕρομεν.
24. ὡς δὲ ἤκουσαν
‘ , , a ς Ν Neu © ν 8 - ς a ‘ ε τους λόγους τουτους O TE LEepeus και ο στρατηγος του ,ερου και οι
” , ‘ ρα , , ~ ἀρχιερεῖς, διηπόρουν περὶ αὐτῶν, τί ἂν Ὑένοιτο τοῦτο.
25. παρα-
γενόμενος δέ τις ἀπήγγειλεν αὐτοῖς λέγων, Ὅτι ἰδού, of ἄνδρες οὓς
- ~ - [4 ~ -- ἔθεσθε ἐν τῇ φυλακῇ, εἰσὶν ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ ἑστῶτες καὶ διδάσκοντες τὸν
1 After παραγενοµενοι D adds και ανοιξαντες την Φυλακην, so Par., Vuig., Syr. H. mg.; cf. ver. 23, assimilation or revision ?
2 ew om. NABDEP, Vulg., verss., Chrys., Lucif., so Tisch., W.H., R.V., Weiss,
Wendt, Hilg.
προ EP, Vulg.-Clem., Boh., Syr. Harcl., Chrys.; επι SABD, so
‘‘ad’’ ἆ, e, am. fu. demid., Sah., Syr. Pesh., so Tisch., W.H., R.V., Weiss, Wendt. 5 o TE ιερευς και ο στρατηγος P 13, 31 (E), so Meyer; ο τε στρατηγος, om. ιερευς
και ο
NABD, Vulg., Sah., Boh., Arm., Syr. Pesh., Aeth., so Tisch., W.H., R.V.,
Weiss, Wendt, Alford, Hilg. (other variations in Wendt and Alford).
vi. 60 and LXX, Gen. xxxix. 20-23, xl. 3-5. On the jurisdiction of the Sanhe- drim and its right to order arrests by its own officers, and to dispose of cases not involving capital punishment, Schirer, Fewish People, div. ii., vol. i., 187, 188, E.T., Ο. Holtzmann, w, s., p. 173.
Ver. 22. ὑπηρέται: apparently some of the Temple guard, ver. 26; see above on 6 στρατηγός, iv. 1, and Edersheim, Temple and its Services, pp. 119, 120. In the N.T. the word is not used of the military. — ἀναστρέψαντες: used only here in this sense (xv. 16 is not strictly a parallel), cf. LXX, Gen. vili. 9, 1 Kings xxi. (xx.) 5, and frequently.
Ver. 23. ἐν πάσῃ ἀσφαλείᾳ, “in all safety,” R.V. (not cum omni diligentia, Vulgate); “in omni firmitate,” Flor. ; in LXX generally peta with genitive ; cf. 2 Mace. iii. 22, xv. I, μετὰ πάσης aod. The Vulgate is misleading; the words mean not that the prison had been carefully shut, but that it was found ina state of perfect security.
Ver. 24. ὅ Te ἱερεὺς καὶ 6 στρατηγὸς τοῦ ἱεροῦ καὶ of ἀρχ.: if we retain 6 ἱερεύς it must mean the high priest, ver. 27, fait Niacce XV. τ Ίου. eagle Vi.; 12,1. But Weiss and Wendt both fol- low W.H. and R.V., and omit ἱερεὺς καὶ 6 (so Blass β). 6 στρατ. and οἱ apy. are thus closely united by the re καὶ, inasmuch as the former in the flight of the prisoners had the greatest responsibility, and the ἀρχ. had occasioned the imprisonment, ver. 17. The στρατ. τοῦ iep. was pre-
sent at the meetings of the Sanhedrim, and assisted in their deliberations.— ἀρχιερεῖς: see on iv. 1. The word is probably used as including the heads of the twenty-four courses, those who had been high priests and still retained the title, and also those referred to in iv, 6. Schirer, ¥ewish People, div. ii., vol. i., 203-206; O. Holtzmann, Neutestament- liche Zeitgeschichte, p. 142.—8unwdpowv, ii. 12, “‘ were much perplexed,” R.V.—See On περὶ avTov, sc., λόγοι: not the Apostles, as Alford and Meyer.—rti ἂν γένοιτο τοῦτο, ‘‘ whereunto this might grow,” so A. and R.V. Blass interprets guomodo hoc factum esse posset, cf. x. 17; Gram- matik des N.G., p. 173. St. Luke alone uses the optative with ἄν in the Ν.Τ., cf. Luke i. 62, vi. 11, ix. 46, Acts v. 24, Vili, 31, x. 17, xvii. 18 (Luke xv. 26, xviii. 36, Acts xxvi. 29, doubtful text); Burton, N. T. Moods and Tenses, pp. 80 and 133 ; see also Viteau, Le Grec du N. T., p. 66 (1893).