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καὶ εθέως ἐκλείσθησαν αἱ θύραι. 31. ἵητούντων δὲ αὐτὸν ἀποκτεῖναι,
ἀνέβη Φάσις τῷ χιλιάρχῳ τῆς σπείρης, ὅτι ὅλη | συγκέχυται Ἱερου-
σαλήμ’ 32. ὃς ἐξαυτῆς 2 παραλαβὼν στρατιώτας καὶ ἑκατοντάρχους,
/ ο > , κατέδραµεν ἐπ αὐτούς.
[ή > , , 4 lol τιώτας, ἐπαύσαντο τύπτοντες τὸν Παῦλον.
ε OA ος / x / 9 ‘ οἱ δὲ ἰδόντες τὸν Χιλίαρχον καὶ τοὺς στρα-
33. τότε ἐγγίσας ὁ
Χιλίαρχος ἐπελάβετο αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐκέλευσε δεθῆναι ἁλύσεσι Sua:
1 συγκεχυται SCEHLP ; συνχυννεται ΑΒ” (συγχ.), D 13 (συγχυνεται), Vulg., Tisch., W.H., Weiss; σνγχυννεται Wendt; συγχυνεται R.V., Blass (cf. Winer-
Schmiedel, p. 111, W.H., Afp., p. 172).
Blass in β, 5ο Hilg., adds after lepov. opa
ουν µη ποιωνται επαναστασιν with Syr. H. mg.; noun not in N.T., but επανισ-
τηµι, although not in Luke.
2q@apadk. SADEHLP, Tisch., W.H. text, R.V., Blass, Weiss, but λαβων B,
W.H. marg.
Ver. 30. ἐκινήθη, as in vi. 12, cf. xxiv. 5.--συνδρομὴ τοῦ λ., Jud. iii. 18, 3 Macc. iii. 8, used of a tumultuous concourse of people, Arist., Rhet., iil., το, 7, Polyb., i., 67, 2.---ἐπιλ. τοῦ Π.: see p. 368, here of violent seizing; they wanted to get Paul outside the Temple precincts, so that the latter might not be polluted with his blood, ver. 31.—é«Aelo- θησαν at θ.: no doubt by the Levitical guard, perhaps lest Paul should return, and so gain a place of safety in the Temple, or more probably to save the sacred precincts from any further pol- lution and uproar.
Ver. 31. ἀνέβη φάσις: “tidings came up,” R.V., vividly, of the report which would reach the Roman officer in the tower of Antonia, overlooking and con- nected with the Temple at two points by stairs. The ἀνέβη seems to indicate that the writer was well acquainted with the locality. Stier supposes that a report was brought to the Roman authorities by the Christians, or the word may refer to an official report. The troops would be in readiness as always during the Festivals in case of riot, Jos., Ant., xx., 5, 3, Β.Τ., ν., 5, 8 etc. φάσις: only here in N.T. Blass and Grimm derive it from φαίνω (in classical Greek, es- pecially of information against smugglers, and also quite generally), but in Susan- nah νετ. 55 (Theod.) φάσις is derived by some from qmpt, see Speaker's Com- mentary, in loco, while Grimm classes it there also under the same derivation as here.—r6 χιλ.: ‘ military tribune,” R.V. margin; his thousand men consisted of 760 infantry and 240 cavalry, cf. xxiii. 23, Blass, in loco. ‘This officer who was evidently in command at Fort Antonia is called by Josephus φρούραρχος, Ant., xV., 11, 4, Xviii., 4, 3; Schirer, Fewish People, div. ii., vol, Π., p. 55, Ε.Τ,---τῆς
σπείρης, cf. x. 1, “cohort,” R.V. margin. ---συγκέχυται, see p. 238, and also critical note, ‘‘ was in confusion,” R.V., lit. (so Rhem.).
Ver. 32. ἐξαυτῆς, cf. x. 33.--παραλ. στρ. καὶ ἑκατοντ., indicating that he thought the tumult considerable.—xaré- δραµεν ἐπ᾽ αὐτούς, ‘ran down upon them” from Antonia, so R.V. vividly; verb found only here in N.T. In Job xvi. το (11) A we have the verb with accusative and ἐπί.- ἐπαύσαγτο τύπτοντες after mwavopar: the act or state desisted from, indicated by the addition of a present participle, frequent in Luke, cf. Luke v. 4, Acts v. 42, vi. 13, Xili., 10, xx. 313 ¢f., also, Ephes, i. 16, Col. i. 9, so in LXX, Grimm, sub v., Winer-Mouiton, χὶν. 4.
Ver. 33. ἐπελ. αὐτοῦ: with a hostile intention, see xvii. 10.--δεθ. ἁλύσεσι δυσὶ: as a malefactor and seditious person, ver. 38, to be guarded securely as the cause of the tumult, cf. xii. 6.----τίς ἂν ein, καὶ τί ἐστι πεποιηκώς: the difference in the moods in dependent sentences after tus may be noted: the centurion had no clear idea as to who Paul was, but he feels sure that he had committed some crime, Winer-Moulton, xli., 45, Weiss, Wendt, ix loco, on the other hand Page. On Luke’s thus mingling the optative obliqua with direct narrative alone among the N.T. writers, Viteau, Le Grec du Ν.Τ., p. 225 (1893).