40. βλέπετε οὖν μὴ ἐπέλθῃ ed’ Suds τὸ εἰρημένον ἐν τοῖς προφήταις, 41. ''Ἴδετε, οἱ καταφρονηταί, καὶ θαυµάσατε καὶ ἀφανίσθητε: ὅτι ἔργον ἐγὼ ἐργάζομαι ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ὑμῶν, ἔργον ᾧ οὐ μὴ πιστεύσητε,
ἐάν τις ἐκδιηγῆται ὑμῖν.”
42. Εξιόντων δὲ ἐκ τῆς συναγωγῆς τῶν Ἰουδαίων,ἲ παρεκάλουν τὰ ἔθνη εἰς τὸ μεταξὺ σάββατον λαληθῆναι αὐτοῖς τὰ ῥήματα ταῦτα.
1 At end D adds και εσιγησαν, Syr. Harcl. mg. και εσιγησεν. In the former case points to the impression the speech made; in the latter, merely to the fact that he finished it; cf. xv. 12, 13. Blass reads εσιγησεν (B), so Hilg.; see Weiss, Codex D,
p. 76.
Σεκτηςσ. των |., but αντων only in SABCDEI 13, 61,Vulg., Sah., Boh., Syr. (Pesh.) and Harcl., Arm., Chrys., so Tisch., W.H., R.V., Blass, Weiss, Wendt, Hilg τα εθνη, but om. panic DIE), Syr. P. and H., Sah., Boh., Arm., Aeth., Chrys., so
Tisch., W.H.,
ass, R.V., Weiss, Wendt, Hilg. Evidence overwhelming for R.V ;
the subject of the verbs not being clear the sentence was interpreted wrongly. BE (81) omit παρεκαλουν---Β inserting ηξιουν after σαβ., while Chrys. substitutes ηξιουν
for παρεκ. words, and see Hort’s suggestion.
W.H., App., p. 95, Suspect primitive corruption, probably in Opening µεταξυ- -Ώ reads εξης, Hilg.” retains; Blass
rejects, although he thinks it good as an explanation.
follows up his declaration could only be justified on the ground that some essen- tial principle was involved in the accept- ance or rejection of the work of Christ. On δικαιόω in classical literature, in LXX, and in N.T., see Kennedy, Sources of N. T. Greek, pp. 104, 105, and Sanday and Headlam, Romans, pp. 30, 31.
Ver. 40. ἐν τοῖς προφ., cf. Luke xxiv. 44, and Acts xxiv. 14; John vi. 45.— ἐπέλθῃ: quite Lucan in this sense, cf. viii. 24, Luke xi. 22, xxi. 26 (James v. I).
Ver. 41. Hab. i. 5, but here slightly different from the Hebrew ‘behold, ye among the nations,” in LXX through the possible mistake of reading the Hebrew noun as if = deceitful ones (with the idea perhaps of impudence, shamelessness). On βλέπ. μὴ ἐπέλ. see Burton, pp. 85, 89; Viteau, p. 83 (1803).---ἀφανίσθητε: added by LXX to the “wonder marvellously ” of Heb. and LXX: “perish,” ‘ vanish away,” R.V. margin, an idea involved in Heb. though not expressed: verb frequent in LXX, in N.T. three times, in Matt. vi., and nowhere else except James iv. 14, see Mayor’s note, in loco. The Apostle here transfers the prophecies of the temporal judgments following on the Chaldean invasion to the judgment of the nation by the Romans, or to the punishment which would fall upon the Jews by the election of the Gentiles into their place. Perhaps the latter is more probable before his present audience. The πᾶς 6 mor. naturally leads him to the warning for those who disbelieved (ἔργον ᾧ οὐ μὴ
πιστεύσητε). It is tempting to regard the words with Ramsay (Expositor, De- cember, 1898), as insisting upon the marvellous and mysterious nature of God’s action in the sending forth of His Son, but the context (cf. ἐπέλθῃ) here, and the O.T. prophecy, both point to the imminence of judgment and penalty. ---ἐργάζομαι: the present (so in LXX), because the result was so certain that it was regarded as actually in process. With true rhetorical force St. Paul con- cludes his speech, as at Athens, by an appeal to awaken all consciences, cf. St. Peter’s closing words, ii. 36, iii. 26— possibly, as at the close perhaps of St. Stephen’s speech, signs of impatience had begun to manifest themselves in his audience (Plumptre).
Ver. 42. ἐξιόντων: ‘and as they went out,” 7.¢., the Apostles, before the synagogue broke up the congregation of Jews and proselytes besought them— not “when they had gone out,” which would introduce a confusion of time; see critical notes. Wendt refers to ver. 15, and takes ἀρχισν. as the subject of παρεκάλονν.- εἰς TO µ. Σ.: “the next Sabbath,” A. and R.V., cf. for εἰς iv. 3. per. here an adverb, later Greek, cf. Barn., Epist., xiii., 5; Clem. Rom., Cor., i. 445 and so in Josephus; ver. 44 apparently decides for the rendering above. Others take it of the days during the intervening week, between the Sabbaths, cf, J. Light- foot, in loco, and Schéttgen.