Ver. 3. οἱ μὲν οὖν: Phoenicia and Samaria on the one hand welcome them with joy, but on the other hand the Church in Jerusalem is divided, ver. 5, see Rendall, Appendix on μὲν οὖν, p. 161. Blass however thinks that the words are used “‘ without opposition ”’ as οΏεπ.---διήρχοντο τὴν Φ. καὶ Σ., see note on xiii. 6. In both cases the presence of brethren is presupposed, cf. viii. 25, xi. 1g, imperfect, '' peragrabant donec per- venerunt,” ver. 4 (Blass).—mpomepd. : . escorted on their way, not as Tit. iii. 13, of being provided with necessaries for the journey (Wisdom xix. 2); of. xx. 38, xxi. 5, and so in classical Greek, only in Luke and Paul in N.T. (except once, 3 John 6), cf. Rom. xv. 24; but in 1 Cor. xvi. 6, 11, 2 Cor. i. 16, Κ.Υ. renders as in Titus, J. c., and John, l. c.; cf. 1 Esd. iv. 47, Judith x. 15, 1 Mace. xii. 4, see Grimm-Thayer, sub v.; Polycarp, Phil., i., 1, of the conduct of St. Ignatius through Macedonia, amongst the early
I—4. ΠΡΑΞΕΙΣ ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΩΝ Kew, σωθῆναι. 2. γενομένης οὖν στάσεως καὶ συζητήσεως ! οὐκ ὀλίγης τῷ Παύλῳ καὶ τῷ Βαρνάβα πρὸς αὐτούς, ἔταξαν ἀναβαίνειν Παῦλον καὶ Βαρνάβαν καί τινας ἄλλους ἐξ αὐτῶν πρὸς τοὺς ἀποστόλους καὶ 3. οἱ μὲν οὖν προπεµφθέντες ὑπὸ τῆς ἐκκλησίας, διήρχοντο τὴν Φοινίκην καὶ Σαµάρειαν, ἐκδιηγούμενοι τὴν ἐπιστροφὴν τῶν ἐθνῶν : καὶ ἐποίουν χαρὰν μεγάλην πᾶσι τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς. 4. παραγενόµενοι δὲ εἰς Ἱερου- 2 ὑπὸ τῆς ἐκκλησίας καὶ τῶν ἀποστόλων καὶ τῶν
3 c , x ~ , , πρεσβυτέρους eis ἹἹερουσαλήμ, περὶ τοῦ ἵητήματος τούτου.
σαλήμ, ἀπεδέχθησαν
1συζητησεως, Ὀυίζητησεως NABCDHLP, Const., Apost., Chrys., so Tisch.,W.H., Blass, R.V., Weiss, Wendt. Blass in B reads without authority εγενετο δε στασις και ζητησις ουκ ολιγη, to give good construction, and on the supposition that all authorities have been influenced by a. After αυτους 1), Syr. Harcl. mg., Gig., Wer., Prov. add ελεγεν yap ο Π. µενειν (εκαστον) οντως καθως επιστευσεν διισχυριζοµενος; ef. 1 Cor. vii. 17, 20, 24. Hilg. brackets all this. διισχυριζ. only in Luke in N.T., Luke xxii. 59, Acts xii. 15 (Zahn). In place of εταξαν D, Syr. Harcl. mg. read οι δε εληλυθοτες απο lep. παρηγγειλαν avrous. The subject of εταξαν is probably the Antiochian Christians, the brethren, vv. 1 and 3, but ‘those from Jerusalem ”’ was assumed to be the subject, and so to remove all doubt the gap was supplied as above, and παρηγγειλαν appeared more fitting than εταξαν, which seemed too dic- tatorial when applied te men in the high position of Paul and Barnabas (Weiss, Codex D, p. 8ο). Blass reading αντοις omits Π. και Β. . . . εξ αυτων. But D, which alone has αυτοις, has the rest as well, and it is uncertain whether avTots ever stood alone. After εις |. D 137, Syr. Harcl. mg. insert οπως κριθωσιν en’ αυτοις (137, αντων) περι τ. ἵητηματος τουτον, cf. xxv. 9; so Blass and Hilg.
2 amedexOnoav, but παρεδεχ. ABD? 61, so Tisch., W.H., R.V., Wendt, Weiss, Hilg.; Blass retains T.R.; D! has παρεδοθησαν. υπο S$ADEHLP 31, 61, Chrys., so Tisch., Blass, Hilg.; απο BC 18, 180, W.H., Weiss, Wendt (as the more prob- able). After παρεδ. CD 137, Syr. Harcl. mg., Sah., Cassiod. insert µεγαλως, so Blass and Hilg., but ασµενως, xxi. 17, would seem to be a fitter word; D! has peyas. At end of verse CHL add και οτι ηνοιξεν τοις εθνεσιν θυραν πιστεως, ος κ. 2η, where all authorities read it; Blass however inserts it here (so also Hilg.) on the ground of its suitability and rejects it in the former passage; sce also Blass, p. Xv.
Christians, as amongst the Jews (Gen. xviii, 16), a mark of affection and respect. The meaning of the word,
Ver. 4. Council at Yerusalem.— παραγεν., Lucan, see above on v. 21. —amedéxOnoav—if we read παρεδέχ.,