Ver.7. στάσις: There is no difficulty
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καὶ ἀναστάσεως νεκρῶν ἐγὼ κρίνοµαι. 7. Τοῦτο δὲ αὐτοῦ] λαλήσαντος, ἐγένετο στάσις τῶν Φαρισαίων καὶ τῶν Σαδδουκαίων, Καὶ ἐσχίσθη τὸ πλῆθος. 8. Σαδδουκαῖοι” μὲν γὰρ λέγουσι μὴ εἶναι ἀνάστασιν, μητὲ ἄγγελον µήτε πνεῦμα Φαρισαῖοι δὲ ὁμολογοῦσι τὰ ἀμφότερα. g. ἐγένετο δὲ κραυγὴ µεγάλη" καὶ ἀναστάντες ὃ οἱ γραμματεῖς τοῦ , a , / / 3G 8 Q © µέρους τῶν Φαρισαίων διεµάχοντο λέγοντες, Οὐδὲν κακὸν εὑρίσκομεν , , 4 > ‘ α a) 2 > Ελ ἐν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ τούτῳ: ei δὲ πνεῦμα ἐλάλησεν αὐτῷ ἢ ἄγγελος,
1 Instead of λαλησαντος W.H., Weiss, Wendt, following B, read λαλουντος; Tisch., Meyer, Blass have λαλησαντος with T.R., following CHLP, Syr. H.; R.V. (W.H. marg.), with Lach. and Hilgenfeld, has ειποντος, so ΝΕΑΕ, Vulg., Syr- Pesh. ; ΔΝ” reads ειπαντος. For εγενετο B* (Syr. H.) has επεπεσεν, so W.H. marg. Blass brackets και εσχισθη το πληθος, see below on ver. 9.
2 After Σαδδ. B, Vulg., Sah. omit pev, so W.H. (text), Weiss, Blass ; but retained by Tisch., R.V., W.H. marg., Hilg. Instead of µηδε as in T.R. (so Meyer, Wendt, Blass), pyre in ΝΑΒςΕ, so Tisch., W.H., Weiss, Hilgenfeld. In edit. 1899 Wendt decides to follow T.R., and to read pnde, although he admits that MS. authority is against him. µηδε is supported by HLP, Chrys., Theophyl. But µητε may have been altered to µηδε to suit τα αµφοτερα. Instead of ra apd. Blass. in β (Sah., Flor.) reads ειναι αναστασιν και αγγελον και πνευμα.
5 Instead of οι γραμματεις SBC, Sah., Arm. read τινες των γραμματεων, Tisch., W.H., R.V., Weiss, Wendt, Blass, Hilg.; AE 13, Vulg., Boh. read simply τινες, so Lach., T.R. very little support; HLP, Aeth. read γραμματεις (om. οι). του µερους om. AE 13, Vulg., Boh., but retained in S_BCHLP, Syr. P. and Η., Arm., Chrys., Tisch., W.H., R.V., Weiss, Wendt, Blass. In B at commence- ment of verse Blass reads και κραυγης Ύενομενης ev έαντοις (inter cos, Flor.) εσχισ-
θησαν with Flor.; ανασταντες omit. in B text with Flor. Instead of ουδεν κακον κ.τ.λ. Blass in
SABCE 13, 40, 66, verss.
µη θεοµαχωμεν om. text (Flor.)
reads τι δε κακον εν τῳ ανθρωπῳ τούτῳ ενρισκοµεν;
in supposing that this dissension took place in the Assembly; it may have been no sudden result, because the Apostle had evidently said much more than is mentioned in the preceding verse (see above), and there is good evidence that one of the fundamental differences between the two sects was concerned with the question which St. Paul had raised, Edersheim, Yesus the Messiah, 315 OSs, πει κας τα δ.σ. Mls, δ, τ4ᾳ.--ἐσχίσθη τὸ πλ., ὤῃμ., Ι., 39, and instances in Wetstein.
Ver. 8. ἄγγελον . . « πνεῦμα: are joined together by the speaker as one principal conception, so that the follow- ing ἀμφότερα presents no difficulty, see Winer-Moulton, lv., 6, Page, in loco. πνεῦμα would include the spirits of the dead, to one of which Paul would appear to have appealed, xxii. 7, 18 (Weiss). On the denial see Schirer, fewish People, div. ii., vol. ii., p. 13, E.T., cf. also the remarks of Dr. A. B. Davidson, ‘‘ Angel,” Hastings’ B.D., as to the possible sense of this denial and its possible limitation, with which we may compare Hamburger, Real-Encyclopadie des Fudentums, ii., 7,
1046.—6poX., {.έ., aS part of their re- ligious creed, their confession and open profession of faith : ‘‘ but the faith of the Sadducees is well described by nega- tions ”’.
Ver. 9. κραυγὴ µεγ.: “there arose a. great clamour,” R.V., so A.V. in Ephes. iv. 31; the noun also denotes not only the loud cry of partisan applause as- here, but of joyful surprise, Luke i. 42, of grief, Rev. xxi. 4, of anger, Ephes.. u. δ., Westcott on Heb. ν. 7, cf. LXX,. Exod. xii. 30, Judith xiv. 19, 2 Macc. XV. 20.--ἄναστάντες, characteristic, see on ν. 17.—ypapparets, the professional lawyers exercised considerable influence in the Sanhedrim, belonging chiefly to the Pharisees, but also numbering in their ranks some Sadducean scribes, Schirer, Fewish People, div. ii., vol. 1., pp. 178, 319, Ε.Τ. The notice may there- fore be placed to the writer’s accuracy. ---διεμάχοντο: only here in Ν.Τ., cf. LXX, Dan. x. 20, Ecclesiast. viii. 1, 3, li. 19 R., frequent in classics. Overbeck and Holtzmann can only see in this scene a repetition of chap. v. 33.—et δὲ πνεῦμα: ‘And what if a spirit hath