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ἐπιλαβόμενος αὐτόν, ἤγαγε πρὸς τοὺς ἀποστόλους, καὶ διηγήσατο αὐτοῖς πῶς ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ εἶδε τὸν Κύριον, καὶ ὅτι ἐλάλησεν αὐτῷ, καὶ
1 επειρατο-- Όιί ΝΜΑΒΟ 61, 81 read επειραζεν, so Tisch., W.H., R.V., Weiss, Wendt (against Meyer) ; latter verb much more common in N.T., but elsewhere is used in a different sense from this passage, and so επειρατο introduced. Hilg. has
this latter verb here.
the genitive by λαβόντες, and compares Luke viii. 54 and classical instances, see in loco.—8.a τοῦ τείχους: ‘through the wall,” R.V., cf. 2 Cor. xi. 33, where we read διὰ θυρίδος . . . διὰ τοῦ τείχους, perhaps a window in the external face of the wall opening into the house on the inside, rather than simply a window of a house overhanging the wall; cf. Josh. ii. 16, 1 Sam. xix. 12. Blass takes it of a window made “in ipso muro scil. ad tormenta mittenda,” but there is no need for this explantion; see Hackett’s note on his own observations at Damas- cus of two or three windows built in the wall as above.—yaddoavres ἐν σπυρίδι: “lowering him,” R.V., not expressed in A.V.; on spelling of σπυρ. see critical note. In 2 Cor. xi. 33 Paul uses the word σαργάνη, a basket of wickerwork, σπυρ. a basket larger than the κόφινος, the small hand- basket of the Jew, Fuv., iii., 145 vi., 541, probably a provision basket of consider- able size, used as by the Paeonians for fishing, Herod., v., 16. σαργάνη too is used of a fish basket by Timokles, Ληθ., i, see further, ‘ Basket,” Hastings’ B.D., and Plummer on Luke ix. 17. Neither word is met with in the LXX or Apocrypha. For the naturalness of the incident according to the present cus- toms of the country see Hackett, in loco. The traditional spot of its occurrence is still shown, but we can only say of it as of the “house of Judas,’’ see above on ver. ii. Wendt, p. 35 (1899), thinks that here we have a coincidence with the account in 2 Cor., which cannot be accounted for except by the acquaintance of the author of Acts with the Epistle. Ver. 26. παραγενόμενο: on its frequency in St. Luke’s Gospel and Acts see v. 21; apparently presupposes that Saul betook himself immediately to Jerusalem, so that the stay in Arabia cannot be inserted here (Weiss. in loco),
a stay which Weiss holds was unknown to the author of Acts, see his note on νετ. 19. παραγ. is found four times in Acts with eis, c. acc. loci, elsewhere only in Matt. ii. 1 (cf. John viii. 2).---ἐπειρᾶτο: the verb πειράοµαι only found once in N.T., viz., xxvi. 21, and the true reading here is ἐπείραζε, which is used in a similar sense in xvi. 7, xxiv. 6, only in the active in this sense = Attic πειρῶμαι, according to Blass, 7m loco, and Gram., 56, 221; '' he assayed,” Κ.Υ. = to essay, attempt, try, Deut. iv. 34, 2 Macc. ii. 23. ---κολλᾶσθαι, cf. ν. 13, x. 28, and also Matt. xix. 5, Luke xv. 5, x Cor. vi. 16— evidently means that he sought to join himself to them intimately.—kal πάντες ἐφοβ. atrév—xai “and,” R.V., not “but,” A.V.; it is not adversative, but simply introduces the unfavourable re- sult of Saul’s endeavour. This does not necessarily require that the conversion should have been recent, as Weiss main- tains. If three years had elapsed, Gal. i. 16, during a portion of which at all events Saul had been in retirement, the Christians in Jerusalem might very naturally still feel apprehensive when their former persecutor was thus for the first time since his conversion actually present amongst them, and the memory of his former fierce hatred could not have been effaced. If it seems unlikely that this should have been their attitude had they known of Saul’s profession of faith at Damascus, there are critics who would have expressed great surprise if the Apostle had been received with open arms, and without any credentials: “ cre, do si contrarium exstaret, hoc rursus mirarentur’’ (Blass).