Ver. 20. ἐν @ καιρῷ, cf. i. 7, iii. 19, characterising the time, comp. Bengel, tristi, opportuno: on the name Μωυσῆς see Blass, Grammatik, p. το, and Ham- burger, Real-Encyclopadie des $udentums, i., 5, p- 768, and critical ποίθς,.--ἀστεῖος τῷ Θεῷ: if we render the expression as in A. and R.V., ‘‘ exceeding fair,” the dative τῷ Θεῷ is used as an equivalent of the Hebrew expression employed almost in
a superlative sense, oon, Jonah ili. 3, πόλις pey. TO Θεῷ. Or the ex- pression may be rendered “ fair to God,”’ 2.€., in the judgment of God; cf. δυνατὰ τῷ Θεῷ, 2 Cor. x. 4 and James ii. 5, τοὺς πτωχοὺς τῷ κόσµφ. Page and Wendt
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Θεῷ: ὃς ἀνετράφη μῆνας τρεῖς ἐν τῷ οἴκω τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ.
2].
ἐκτεθέντα δὲ αὐτόν,] ἀνείλετο αὐτὸν ἡ θυγάτηρ Φαραὼ, καὶ ἀνεθρέψατο
c αὐτὸν ἑαυτῇ εἰς υἱόν.
22. καὶ ἐπαιδεύθη Μωσῆς πάσῃ σοφίᾳ
1 DE, Syr. Harcl. mg. add παρα (E εις) τον ποταµον after εκτ. . . . αντον, Blass
in B, so Hilg. Hilg., Winer-Schmiedel, Ρ. 112.
compare Aésch., Agam., 352, and see also Simcox, Language of the N. T., p. 81. ἀστεῖος, lit., belonging to the city (op- posite to ἄγροικος), witty, clever; then, elegant, pretty; Vulgate, elegans, used as a general word of praise: applied to Moses here, in Exod. ii. 2, and Heb. xi. 23, and also by Philo, cf. also Jos., Ant., ii., 97, and see Hamburger, 4. s., i., 5, p. 773; Falkut Rubeni, f.75, 4. For other instances of the use of the word see LXX, Num. xxii. 32, Judges ili. 17, and Judith xi. 23, Susannah, ver. 7; in the last two passages used of physical fairness, pretti- ness (cf. Arist., Eth. Nic., iv., 3,5, and instances in Wetstein). In 2 Macc. vi. 23 it isalso used, and ἀστείως in 2 Macc. xii. 43 in the general sense of right and good, Ποπεςί]Υ.--ἀνετράφη pivas τρεῖς, cf. Exod. ii. 2, verb used only by St. Luke, twice in this chapter, and in xx. 3, once in Luke iv. 16, but cf. margin, W.H. —not used in LXX, but in Wisdom vii. 4 (where A has aveorp.), and see also 4 Macc. x. 2 and xi. 15 (but A.R., τραφ.). The word is used in classical Greek, as in Wisdom vii. 4 and here, of a child nourished to promote its growth (although sometimes with the idea of improving the mind, cf. Acts xx. 3). In the N.T. it is peculiar to St. Luke, and it is just the word which a medical man would use, frequently found in medical writings, op- posed to ἰσχναίνω; see L. and S., sub v., and Hobart, Medical Language, p. 207.
Ver. 21. ἐκτεθ.: the regular word for exposure of children in classical Greek; see also Wisdom xviii. 5, peculiar to Luke in N.T., and only here in this sense ; cf. Exod. ii. 3, and B critical note above.—aveitkero—same wordin Exod. ii. 5. The verb, though very frequent in Luke in the sense of to kill, is only used here in the sense of A. and R.V., Vulgate, sustulit—but cf. Aristoph., Nub., 531; Epict., Diss., 1.23, 7. ἑαυτῇ: asincon- trast to the child’s own mother. Ac- cording to tradition, Pharaoh’s daughter designed him for the throne, as the king had no son, Jos., Ant., il., 9, 7.— eis vidv, Exod, ii. 10; cf. xiii. 22, 47; Simcox, Language of N. T., p. 80.
ανειλετο; but -ατο in ΝΑΒΟΡΕ (H) 61, so Tisch., W.H., Weiss,
Ver, 22. ἐπαιδεύθη, cf. xxii. 3 here with instrumental dative, or, better, dative of respect or manner; not mentioned in Exodus, but see Philo, Vita Moys., ii., 83, Mang., and also Schiirer, ¥ewish People, div. ii., vol. i., p. 343, E.T.; cf. the knowledge of magic ascribed to Pharaoh’s wise men in Exod. vii. 11, and ‘‘ Jannes and Jambres,” B.D.?, and also 1 Kings iv. 30, and Isa. xix. 2, 11, 12; Ham- burger, Real-Encyclopddie des Fuden- tums ‘‘ Zauberei,” i., 7, 1068, and re- ferences in Wetstein, in loco. παιδεύω, both in LXX and N.T., used in the sense of training ; cf. Prov. v. 13 (Jos., C. Apion, i., 4), 1 Tim. i. 20, Titus ii. 12, and also in the sense of chastising, so often in LXX and in N.T., and also similarly used in classical Greek. The passage is also important because it helped to fix the attention of cultivated early Christian writers upon the wisdom of Greek poets and philosophers, and to give a kind of precedent for the right pursuit of such studies ; cf. Clem. Alex., Strom., i.,° 5, 28; vi., 5, 42; Justin Martyr, Dial. ο. Tryph., ο., 1-4; see Dean Plumptre’s note, in loco.—iv δὲ δυνατὸς, cf. xviii. 24, and especially Luke xxiv. 19; see also Ecclus. xxi. 7, Judith xi. δ. ΤΠ αὐτοῦ is retained, the mode of expression is Hebraistic (Blass). There is no contradiction with Exod. iv. 1Ο, and no need to explain the expression of Moses’ writings, for Stephen has in his thoughts not so much, as we may believe, the oratorical form as the power- ful contents of Moses’ words (¢.g., his pro- phetical teaching, Hamburger,‘ Moses,” πως, des Fudentums, i., 5, 772). Josephus speaks of him as πλήθει ὁμιλεῖν πιθανώτατος, Ant, iii., 1, 4 (see