20—32.
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τούτων, 20. ἀπέχεσθαι εἰδωλοθύτων καὶ αἵματος Kal! πνικτοῦ καὶ
πορνείας. ἐξ ὧν διατηροῦντες ἑαυτοὺς eb? πράξετε. ἔῤῥωσθε.
30. Οἱ μὲν οὖν ἀπολυθέντες ὃ ἦλθον εἰς ᾽Αντιόχειαν" καὶ συναγα-
γόντες τὸ πλῆθος, ἐπέδωκαν τὴν ἐπιστολήν. 31. ἀναγνόντες δὲ
ἐχάρησαν ἐπὶ τῇ παρακλήσει. 32. Ιούδας δὲ καὶ Σίλας, καὶ αὐτοὶ
ππροφῆται ὄντες,ά διὰ λόγου πολλοῦ παρεκάλεσαν τοὺς ἀδελφούς, καὶ
1 και πνικτου om. D, Iren., Tert., Cypr., Amb., Pac., Aug., so Blass in B; see above on ver. 20, and Zahn, Einlettung, ii., p. 353; πνικτου ScA2EHLP, Vulg., Syrr. P. and H., Arm., Aeth., Const., Chrys., etc.; πνικτων 3 Α"ΒΟ 61, 137, Sah., Boh., Clem., Or.,so Tisch., W.H., R.V., Weiss, Wendt (πνικτου introduced after ver. 20). After πορνειας D, Par., Wer.*, Syr. Harcl. mg., Sah., Aeth., Irint., Cypr. (with many variations) read και οσα py θελετε εαυτοις γινεσθαι, ετερῳ µη ποιειν, So Blass in B, and Hilg.
2 wpatere SAB, Vulg., all edd.; πραξατε CDHL; πραξητε E; see Zahn, u. $., p. 354. After πραξ. D, Iren., Tert. (Ephrem) add epopevor εν τω αγιῳ πνευµατι, so Blass in B. Harris, Four Lectures, etc., p. 77, thinks that the gloss has been misplaced, and declining all references to Montanus or Marcion or to N.T. parallels, regards it as simply an expansion or explanation of απολυθεντες, ver. 30; cf. κ, 4. Weiss also declines all Montanist influence, but takes the words after ev πραξ. as meaning that they would fare well being guided by the Holy Spirit, by Whom the decree, ver. 28, had been inspired. ερρωσθε, Blass brackets in B, om. by Irenzus; see also Zahn, µ. s., p. 354.
ἆηλθον, but κατηλθον SABCD 61, Vulg., Arm., Aeth., Theophyl., so Tisch., W.H., Blass, R.V., Weiss, Wendt. After απολυθεντες D* adds ev ηµεραις ολιγαις, ‘so Blass in B, and Hilg. Belser, Beitrdge, p. 72, speaks of the addition as more valuable than much gold, as showing their eagerness to bring the good news to Antioch, and the speed of their travelling, contrasted with ver. 3. Weiss however would connect it (p. 82), not with the time consumed in the journey, but with the time of their departure, 1.ε., they set off a few days after the Council to put an end ‘to the disquietude at Antioch.
4 After οντες D adds πληρεις πνευµατος αγιου, so Blass and Hilg., no Montanistic source; either explanation of προφ. (unnecessary), or may be connected with δια λογου implying that their oral words no less than the written letter were spoken in the Holy Ghost (Weiss, p. 82). Mr. Page, Classical Review, p. 320 (1897), refers this addition, with similar ones 1Π wy. 7 and 2g of this chap., to the characteristic of D ‘‘to emphasise words and actions as inspired”’.
prosperity. For D, see critical notes.— Ver. 31. παρακλήσει: A. and R.V.
€ppwoGe, see critical notes, 2 Macc. xi. 21 and 33, 3 Macc. vii. 9, etc., and often in classics; a natural conclusion ot a letter addressed to Gentile Christians, see additional note (2) at end of chapter.
Ver. 30. οἱ μὲν οὖν . . . ἀναγνόντες δέ: two parties are presented as acting
in concert as here (or in opposition), see Rendall, Acts, Appendix on μὲν οὖν, p. 161.---ἠλθον, but κατῆλθον R.V., Jeru- salem is still the centre from which Bar- nabas and Paul godown. See reading in D, critical ποίε.---τὸ πλῆθος-- ἡ ἐκκλησία, ef. xiv. 27; Deissmann, Neue Bibelstu- dien, p. 59, especially refers to this pas- sage: τὸ wh.=Christengemeinde at An- tioch,cf. plebs, populus in Lat.Chr. authors. —trédwxay τὴν ἐπισ., see instances in ‘Wetstein of same phrase in same sense.
“consolation” (‘‘exhortation’”’ margin, R.V.). The former rendering seems suit- able here, because the letter causes re- joicing, not as an exhortation, but as a message of relief and concord. Ramsay and Hort render ‘encouragement’’, Barnabas was a fitting bearer of sucha message, cf. iv. 36.