ἐπιστηρίζων τὰς ἐκκλησίας.ὶ XVI. 1.2 Κατήντησε δὲ εἰς Δέρβην καὶ Λύστραν " καὶ ἰδού, µαθητής τις ἦν ἐκεῖ ὀνόματι Τιμόθεος, υἱὸς γυναικός τινος Ιουδαίας πιστῆς, πατρὸς δὲ Ἕλληνος: 2. ὃς ἐμαρ-
1 At end of verse D, Gig., Vulg., Syr. H. mg. add παραδιδους τε και εντολας των αποστολων και (αποστ. και om. D, Cassiod) πρεσβυτερων, so Blass in β and Hilg. (cf. vv. 5, 12 for omission of αποστολοι in B). The words look like an obvious addition, cf. xvi. 4, but Belser, Beitrage, p. 73, defends as ‘‘ very interesting,” as showing that whilst the mission of Judas and Silas was limited to Antioch, Paul was afterwards in person the bearer of the decree to the Churches in Syria and Cilicia; see however Ramsay, St. Paul, pp. 173, 174; C. R. E., p. 87.
2 Before εις A. και with AB, Boh., Syr. Harcl. text, so W.H., R.V., Weiss, Wendt, Κ.Υ. $QAB 61 insert εις before A., so Tisch., W.H., Blass, R.V., Weiss, Wendt. τινος om. with SABCDE 61, Vulg., many verss., so Tisch., W.H., Blass, R.V., Weiss, Wendt, Hilg. After yuv. 25 (Gig., Ῥτον., Wern.) has xnpas—Blass rejects. At beginning of verse D, Syr. Harcl. mg. (Gig., Cassiod.) prefix διελθων δε τα εθνη ταντα, to show that Lystra and Derbe were not included in Syria and Cilicia, so also the και in AB may point to the same reason; see Ramsay, C. R. E., p. 87.
15, xxi. 7, XXV. 13, XXVi. 7, XXVil. 13, XXViil. 13, I Cor. x. 11, xiv. 36, Ephes. iv. 13, Phil. iii. rr. But whilst in St. Paul it is used in a figurative sense, it is used eight times by St. Luke of arriving at a place and making some stay there, cf. 2 Macc. iv. 21,44. The fact that the verb is thus used frequently in the second part of Acts and not in i.-xii. is surely easily accounted for by the subjects of the nar- rative (Hawkins, Hore Synoptice, p. 147).—ets Δέρβην καὶ Λ.: if we read εἰς before A., also (see critical note): ‘he came also to Derbe and to Lystra”. The purpose was implied in xv. 36, but here places mentioned in the inverse order of xiv. 6 since coming from Cilicia through the “ Cilician Gates” St. Paul would visit Derbe first, see Hastings’ B.D., ‘‘ Derbe ” (Ramsay). The two places are grouped together as a region according to the Roman classification (Ramsay, St. Paul, pp. 110, 179). The second εἰς before A. marks that while Derbe is mentioned as a place visited, Lystra is the scene of the events in the sequel. —xai ἰδού : indicating the surpris- ing fact that a successor to Mark was found at once (so Weiss); whilst Hort still more significantly marks the form of the phrase by pointing out that St. Luke reserves it for sudden and as it were pro- vidential interpretations, Ecclesia, p. 179, cf. i. το, viii. 17, x. 17, xi. 7: however disheartening had been the rupture with Barnabas, in Timothy Paul was to find another “‘son of consolation,” cf. Hort’s comment on 1 Tim. i. 18 in this connection, Η. δ., pp. 179-185. It must not however be forgotten that there are good reasons for seeing in Timothy not
the successor of Barnabas (this was Silas), but of Mark. It could hardly be said of one in the position of Silas that he was like Mark a ὑπηρέτης, on a mere subordin- ate footing, whereas on the other hand the difference of age between Barnabas and Timothy, and their relative positions to St. Paul wouid have naturally placed Timothy in a subordinate position from the first.—éxet, z.e., at Lystra, most pro- bably. The view that reference is made not to Lystra but to Derbe arises from supposing that in xx. 4 the word Aep- βαῖος refers to Timothy and not to Gaius, the truth being that Timothy is not described because already well known. Certainly the fact that his character was testified of by those of Lystra, as well as St. Paul’s reference to Lystra in 2 Tim. iii, 11, seems to favour Lystra as being at all events the home of Timothy, if not his birthplace. There is no reason why the Gaius mentioned as of Macedonia, xix. 29, should be identified with the Gaius of xx. 4. Gaius was a very com- mon name, and in the N.T. we have apparently references to four persons beanng the name. Blass however re- fers Δερβαῖος in xx. 4 to. Timothy.— vids γυναικός τ. Ἰονδ. mors π. δὲ Ε.: such marriages although forbidden by the law, Ezra x. 2, were 58Πς- tioned under certain conditions, ¢f. xxiv. 24 in the case of Drusilla, wife of Aziz, king of Emesa (see also C. and H., p. 203), who became a proselyte and actually accepted circumcision. In the Diaspora such marriages would probably be more or less frequent, especially if the husband became a proselyte. In this case even if he were ranked as one,