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“AyaBos: 11. καὶ ἐλθὼν πρὸς ἡμᾶς, καὶ ἄρας τὴν ζώνην τοῦ Παύλου,
δήσας] τε αὐτοῦ τὰς χεῖρας καὶ τοὺς πόδας, εἶπε, Τάδε λέγει τὸ
Πνεῦμα τὸ Άγιον: Τὸν ἄνδρα οὗ ἐστιν ἡ ζώνη αὕτη, οὕτω δήσουσιν
ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ οἱ ᾿Ιουδαῖοι,
ΔΝ 2 3 ses} > ~ καὶ παραδώσουσιν εἰς χεῖρας ἐθνῶν.
12. ὡς δὲ ἠκούσαμεν ταῦτα, παρεκαλοῦμεν ἡμεῖς τε καὶ οἱ ἐντόπιοι,
τοῦ μὴ ἀναβαίνειν αὐτὸν eis Ἱερουσαλήμ.
13.2 ἀπεκρίθη δὲ 6
, ~ Παῦλος, Τί ποιεῖτε κλαίοντες καὶ συνθρύπτοντές µου τὴν καρδίαν ;
ἐγὼ γὰρ ob µόνον δεθῆναι,
ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀποθανεῖν εἰς ἹἹερουσαλὴμ
1 Instead of τε avrov ΦΑΒΟΡΕ., Tisch., W.H., R.V., Blass, Wendt read εαντου (HLP αὐτοῦ, others αὑτοῦ), see W.H., Afpp., p. 151.
2 SABC*E, Tisch., W.H. (omit ο).
SAE add και ειπεν, so Tisch. (Wendt per-
haps); but om., W.H., R.V., Weiss, after BCHLP, Bas., Chrys., D has ευπεν δε
προς nas ο Π., so Blass and Hilg. reads δεθηναι βουλοµαι, but not Blass.
‘“‘they prophesied with tears over the fate of Paul” (p. 339); so somewhat similarly Jiingst (p. 177).
Ver. I0. ἡμέρας πλείους: ‘many days,” R.V., ‘‘some’’ margin; literally ‘more days,”’ the phrase is used vaguely with what Ramsay calls Luke’s usual defective sense of time, cf. xiii. 31, xxv. 14. The phrase is also found in XXVii. 20, so that it occurs twice in the ‘“We”’ sections and twice in the rest of Acts, but nowhere else in N.T., see Hawkins, Hore Synoptice, p. 151, Klostermann, Vindicie Lucane, Ῥ. 53. Often in LXX. Weiss thinks that the phrase here, cf. ver. 4, shows that Paul had given up all idea of reaching Jeru- salem for Pentecost; but see on the other hand Ramsay, St. Paul, p. 297, and Salmon, Introd., p. 300: probably the Apostle had several days to spare when he reached Czsarea, and he would naturally calculate his time differently when he had made a prosperous voyage, so that there is no contradiction with xx. 1θ.---προφ. ὀνόμ. “A.: probably the same who is mentioned in xi. 25, since he too came from Jerusalem. It has seemed strange to Blass and to others that St. Luke mentions Agabus here so indefinitely, but in this ‘‘ We” section it would seem that St. Luke refers to Agabus in this vague way because this was the first time that he had seen the prophet (unless we accept D in xi. 28). It is therefore quite unnecessary to regard the mention of his name in xi. 28 as an interpolation. Agabus is evidently en- abled not only to declare the will of God, but also to predict the future.
Ver. Ir. ἄρας τὴν ζώνην: the sym- bolic action by Agabus reminds us of
Instead of συνθ. D has θορυβουντες; D also
the Ο.Τ. prophets, cf. 1 Kings xxii. 11, Isa. xx. 2, Jer. xiii, 1, Ezek. iv. and v. Agabus as a dweller in Jerusalem would know something of that bitter feeling against Paul, and would wish to warn him.—tapaddo. εἰς χ., cf. the words of our Lord, Luke ix. 44, xxiv. 7; phrase frequent in LXX both in Psalms and Prophets, cf. Ecclus. iv. το, xi. 6; 1 Mace. iv. 30.
Ver.12. παρεκ. ἡμεῖς: St. Luke joins in the entreaty.—évrérr., {.ε., the Chris- tians of Czsarea, including of course the inmates of Philip’s house; not in LXX or Apocr., but in classical Greek.—rov μὴ ἀναβ., Burton, p. 159.
Ver. 13. τί ποιεῖτεκλαί.: what do ye, weeping? (as we might say “‘what are you about?” etc.), cf. Mark xi. 5 (Acts xiv. 15).—ovv@.: in Attic Greek, to break, to break in pieces, and so ἀποθρύπτω is used of (1) breaking in pieces, (2) break- ing in spirit, enervating τὰς ψυχάς, cf. Plat., Rep., 495 E.; here ovvé. means to weaken the Apostle’s purpose rather than to break his heart in sorrow. —ty®, emphatic, I for my part.—ovd µόνον in Ν.Τ., rather than py µόνον with the infinitive, Burton, p. 183.—éro{pws ἔχω: the exact phrase only once else- where in N.T., and there used by St. Paul, 2 Cor. xii. 14 (cf. 1 Pet. iv. 5): ‘* qui paratus est, ei leve onus est,” Ben- gel. Ewald compares this firm determi- nation and courage of St. Paul with our Lord’s last journey to Jerusalem, cf. Luke ix. 51.