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προσελάβοντο αὐτόν, καὶ ἀκριβέστερον αὐτῷ ἐξέθεντο τὴν τοῦ Θεοῦ ὁδόν. 27.1 βουλομένου δὲ αὐτοῦ διελθεῖν εἰς τὴν ᾿Αχαΐαν, προτρεψά-
1 Τῃ D, Syr. Harcl. mg. εν δε Ἐφεσῳ επιδηµουντες τινες Κορινθιοι και ακουσαντες αντου παρεκαλουν διελθειν συν αυτοις εις την πατριδα αυτων. συγκατανευσαντος δε αντου οι Ἐφεσιοι εγραψαν τοις εν Κορινθῳ µαθηταις, οπως αποδεξωνται τον avSpa, ος επιδηµησας εις την Αχαΐαν πολυ συνεβαλλετο εν ταις εκκλησιαις. If the work of a reviser, object seems to be to show more clearly why Apollos came to Corinth. emdnpe is Lucan; συγκατανενειν occurs nowhere in N.T. Belser, pp. 87, 88, argues for the value of the β text here, esp. in the addition εν ταις εκκλη- σιαις, which shows St. Paul had not confined his attention to Corinth. But if original,
why omitted ? geschichte, p. 396. Blass in B.
ἀκριβέστερον and its employment by Dioscorides. The word occurs in Luke twice, Luke i. 3, Acts xviii. 25, and else- where in Matt. ii. 8, and twice in St. Paul, 1 Thess. v. 2, Eph. v. 15, whilst ἀκριβέστερον occurs four times in N.T., and each time in Acts, cf. ver. 26, xxiii. 15, 20, XXiv. 22.
Ver. 26. παῤῥησιάζεσθαι, see above on p. 242; whatever was the exact form of the belief of Apollos, he had at all events the courage of his convictions. —éxovoavres showing that Priscilla and Aquila had not separated themselves from their fellow-countrymen.—mpooeAda- βοντο, cf. xvii. 5, ἐ.6., for instruction in Ρτϊναίθ.---ἀκριβέστερον: on its use by St. Luke see above on ver. 25. The word is used by Dioscorides in his preface to his De Materia Medica: see Weiss- Meyer’s Kommentar on Luke i. 1, and Vogel, p. 17, as an instance of medical language. — ἐξέθετο: we are not told whether he was baptised, but xix. 5 makes it probable that he was; see Zockler’s note. ‘Qui Jesum Christum novit, potentes in Scriptura docere po- test,” Bengel, and Vogel 1. 5.
Ver. 27. διελθεῖν εἰς, cf. Luke viii. 22, Mark iv. 35, Latin, trajicere.—mpotpep. . + + ἔγρψαν: “encouraged him and wrote,” R.V., so Chrysostom, Erasmus, Grotius, Bengel, Felten, Lumby, Ren- dall, Knabenbauer: ‘‘ currentem _inci- tantes” Bengel. But others refer it to the disciples, ‘‘ wrote exhorting the dis- ciples,” z.e., wrote letters of commenda- tion, 2 Cor. iii., so Luther, De Wette, Ewald, Zéckler, Alford, Wendt, Weiss, Ndésgen, Hackett. Blass thinks that the word can be referred to neither in the sense of cohortarvi, and prefers the rendering in accordance with the Syriac anteverterunt, but cf. Wisdom xiv. 18, 2 Macc. xi. 7 for the former sense, so in classical Greek; -only here in N.T., classed not only by
See Ramsay, St. Paul, p. 267; W.H. marg.; Holtzmann, Apostel- δια της χαριτος om. D 137, Gig., Par., Vulg., Syr. Harcl., so
Hobart, but also by Vogel, as amongst the medical words in St. Luke, w. s., p. 17.--συνεβάλετο: only here in N.T. in middle, with dative of the person, profuit, so often in Greek authors, especially Polybius; Wisdom v. 8, Xen., Cyr., i., 2, 8; cf. 1 Cor. ili. 6, “rigavit A. non plantavit ’ Βεηρε]|.---διὰ τῆς χ.: “ helped much through grace them which had be- lieved’ R.V., margin. This connection of the words seems preferable, as stress is laid upon the fact that the gifts and eloquence of Apollos were only available when God gave the increase—the position of the words is not against this, as they may have been so placed for emphasis. Blass, who joins the phrase with πεπιστ., adds ‘‘quamvis ibi abundat’’. It does not seem natural to explain the word χάρις here as the Gospel, or to refer it to the grace of the eloquence of Apollos.
Ver. 28. εὐτόνως: “ powerfully,” only in Luke, cf. Luke xxiii. το, ‘‘ vehemently,” like Latin, imtente, acriter, Josh. vi. (7), 8 (-vos, 2 Macc. xii. 23, 4 Macc. vii. 10, A R); found also in classical Greek, and may be one of the ‘‘colloquial’”’ words common to the N.T. and Aristophanes, cf. Plutus, 1096 (Kennedy, p. 78). But as the word is used only by St. Luke, it may be noted that it is very frequently employed by medical writers, opposed to ἄτονος.- διακατηλέγχετο: “' powerfully confuted,” R.V. The word does not prove that Apollos convinced them (A.V. “mightily convinced”), lit., he argued them down; but to confute is not of necessity to convince. The double com- pound, a very strong word, is not found elsewhere, but in classical Greek διε- λέγχω, to refute utterly (in LXX, middle, to dispute), κατελέγχω, to convict of falsehood, to belie. — ἐπιδεικνὺς: only once elsewhere in N.T., Heb. vi. 17, and in classical Greek as in Plato, to prove, to demonstrate.