6.) συνιδόντες κατέφυγον eis τὰς πόλεις τῆς Λυκαονίας, Λύστραν καὶ Δέρβην, καὶ τὴν περίχωρον, 7. κἀκεῖ ἦσαν εὐαγγελιζόμενοι."
1 Syr. Harcl. mg. (ef. Flor.) reads ‘‘et fugientes pervenerunt in Lycaoniam, in civitatem quandam, que vocatur Lystra, et Derben,” so Blass in B ; in civit. quandam
does not sound Lucan. Hilg., but see Ramsay, St. Paul, p. 113.
After περιχωρον DE (Flor., Vulg.) add ολην, so Blass and
2 At end of verse D(E), Flor., Wern., Prov. add εκινηθη ολον το πληθος επι τῃ διδαχῃ, and also apparently by way of transition to the following narrative 6 δεΠ. και B. διετριβον εν Λυστροις, so Blass and Hilg., but see Ramsay, u. s., and Weiss, Codex D, p.78. Ehas εξεπλησσετο πασα ἡ πολυπληθεια επι τῃ διδαχῃ αντων, and Harris thinks that the gloss arose in Latin and points out the closeness of d and ε
here (see also Blass, Proleg., p. 28). of d and Flor. also differ.
outrage, insolence in act, cf. Matt. xxii. 6, Luke xviii. 32, 2 Macc. xiv. 42, 3 Macc. vi. g; in Luke xi. 45 of insulting words. St. Paul uses the same word of treatment at Philippi, 1 Thess. ii. 2, and he describes his own conduct towards the Christians by the cognate noun ὑβριστής, 1 Tim. i, Te
Ver. 6. συνιδόντες, cf. xii. 12, v. 2, only in Luke and Paul, 1 Cor. iv. 4; 1 Macc. iv. 21; 2 Macc. iv. 41, xiv. 26, 30; 3 Macc. ν. 5ο.--κατέφνγον, cf. Matt. x. 23: “ We ought not to run into danger, but to flee from it if needful, like these leaders of the Church wishing to extend their preach- ing, and to multiply by persecution ”’ Oecumenius; only elsewhere in N.T., Heb. vi. 18; see Westcott, {.ο., cf. Deut. iv. 42, Numb. xxxv. 26; 1 Macc. v. 11, etc. So in classical Greek with εἰς, ἐπί, πρός.-- εἰς τὰς πόλεις τῆς A. Λύστραν καὶ Δέρβην, καὶ τὴν περίχωρον: in these words Ramsay sees a notable indication of St. Luke’s habit of defining each new sphere of work according to the existing political divisions of the Roman Empire : “‘ Lystra and Derbe and the surrounding Region”; in going from Antioch to Iconium the travellers entered no new Region (x@pa), but in ver. 6 another Region is referred to, comprising part of Lycaonia, consisting of two cities and a stretch of cityless territory ; and if this is so, we see also in the words an indication of St. Paul’s constant aim in his mission- ary efforts, viz., the Roman world and its centres of life and commerce; when he reached the limit of Roman territory (Derbe) he retraced his steps. The posi- tion of Lystra, about six hours south- south-west from Iconium, near the village Khatyn Serai, is now considered as established by Professor Sterrett’s evidence based on an inscription; and from similar evidence of inscriptions it appears that Lystra had been a Romar
But it has been pointed out that the Latin
colonia since Augustus, Ramsay, Church in the Roman Empire, p. 47 ff., and Wendt (1899), p. 248: O. Holtzmann, Neuitesta- mentliche Zeitgeschichte, p. 102. The site of Derbe cannot be quite so satisfac- torily determined, but probably near the village Losta or Zosta ; about three miles north-west of this place, a large mound, by name Gudelissin, is marked by evident traces of the remains of a city, ‘‘ Derbe,” Hastings’ B.D.; Ramsay, Church in the Roman Empire, p. 54 ff., and Wendt (1899), p. 249. From 41-72 Α.Ρ. Derbe was the frontier city of the Roman province on the south-east. But if St. Paul thus found in Lystra and Derbe centres of Roman commercial life, we must modify our view of the wild and uncivilised nature of the region into which the Apostles penetrated after leaving Antioch and Iconium, cf. C. and H., p. 147, with Ramsay, Church in the Roman Empire, pp. 56, 57. If Paul had gone to the ruder parts of Lycaonia, it is very doubtful whether the inhabitants could have understood him, or any one addressing them in Greek (see also Rendall, Acts, p. 263). Ver. 7. See critical notes for reading in D.—k«axet ; found in four other places in Acts, but not at all in Luke’s Gospel. --εὐαγγελ. ἦσαν: “they were engaged in preaching the Gospel,” Ramsay; on participle with ἦν or ἦσαν see i. 1Ο. Ver. 8. ἐν Λύστροις: here neuter plural, and not asin vv. 6 and 21, femi- nine. Clemen, p. 115, and Jingst, p. 131, see a proof in this that 8-18, or 21a, was interpolated by a redactor. But Hilgen- feld points out that the same interchange of feminine singular and neuter plural recurs in xvi. 1, 2; ¢f, also 2 Tim. ili. 11. The miracle which follows has often been compared with those narrated in iii. 1 Π., and it has been alleged that this second miracle is a mere imitation of the first, to