Ver. 31. εἰσηκούσθη: perhaps “‘ was heard” or “' has been heard” is best (see Rendall and Hackett). «poo. may refer to his present prayer, as it is in the singular, but the burden of all his past prayers had doubtless been the same, cf. ver. 33 for God’s guidance into truth.—
ἐμνήσθησαν, cf. LXX, Ps. xix. 3, Ezek. XVilil. 22, 24; Rev. xvi. 19.
Ver. 33. ἐξαυτῆς, sc., ὥρας: four times in Acts, otherwise only once in Mark vi. 25 and once in Phil. ii. 23, not in LXX; for instances in Polyb., Jos., see Wetstein, sub Mark ].ο.---καλῶς ἐποίησας, cf. Phil. iv. 14, 2 Pet. i. 19, 3 John ver. 6, 1 Macc. xii. 18, 22. In some instances it may be described as a formula of expressing thanks, see Page’s note.—axotoau: as in iv. 20, 1.ε., to ΟΡΕΥ.---ἐνώπ. τοῦ Θ.: this is the way we ought to attend to God’s servants, Chrys., Hom., xxii.
Ver. 34. ἀἄνοίξας κ.τ.λ.: a solemn formula, cf. viii. 35, xviii. 14, Matt. v. 2, xiii. 35; Hort, ¥udaistic Christ., p. 57-— ἐπ᾽ ἀληθ.: used in Luke’s Gospel three times, iv. 25, Xx. 21, xxii. 59, and in Acts twice, iv. 27, x. 34, elsewhere only twice in N.T., Mark xii. 14, 32 ; the customary ἐν ἀληθείᾳ is altogether wanting in Luke.—xaradapB.: three times in Acts, not found in Luke’s Gospel; here=mente comprehendo, cf. Eph. iii. 15, similar sense; so in Plato, Polybius, and Philo. --προσωπολήπτης, see Mayor on James
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