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ἀσάλευτος, ἡ δὲ πρύµνα ἐλύετο ὑπὸ τῆς βίας τῶν Kupdtov.! ~ A ~ ‘ > ασ τῶν δὲ στρατιωτῶν βουλὴ ἐγένετο ἵνα
42.
2 τοὺς Seopdtas ἀποκτείνωσι,
µήτις ἐκκολυμβήσαςὃ διαφύγοι. 43. 6 δὲ” ἑκατόνταρχος, βουλόμενος
διασῶσαι τὸν Παῦλον, ἐκώλυσεν αὐτοὺς τοῦ βουλήματος, ἐκέλευσέ τε
τοὺς δυναµένους κολυμβᾷν.ὃ ἀποῤῥίψαντας πρώτους ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν ἐξιέναι,
8 a ~ 44. καὶ τοὺς λοιποὺς, οὓς μὲν ἐπὶ σανίσιν, οὓς δὲ ἐπί τινων τῶν ἀπὸ
τοῦ πλοίου.
1 rov Kup., but Ν ΑΒ, so Tisch., W.H., Κ.Υ. have only νπο τ. Bras.
καὶ οὕτως ὃ ἐγένετο πάντας διασωθῆναι ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν.
The
words των Kup. are, however, retained here by Weiss, Blass, Hilg.; Vulg., Gig.
have maris.
2 Before τους Seop. Blass (not Hilg.) with Gig. in B text adds παντας. 3 διαφνγοι, but very slight authority. Tisch., W.H., Blass, Hilg., Weiss, Wendt
διαφνγῃ NABCHLP 61, Chrys.
4 After εκατον. Blass adds with Gig. exwAvoev τοντο γενεσθαι, µαλιστα δια τον
Π. ινα διασωσ]ῃ αντον.
5 απορρ. for the one p W.H.., see ver. 19, and Winer-Schmiedel, p. 56. 6 Afterourws Blass with Gig. reads πασαι at ψνχαι διεσωθησαν (επι την γην).
it has been thought that the word is so changed here because that which had hitherto been a πλοῖον capable of sailing was now reduced to a mere hulk (Words- worth, Humphry).—al ἡ μὲν πρώρα ἐρεί- σασα: “and the prow struck,” Ε.Υ., Ramsay, this is accounted for by the peculiar nature of the bottom in St. Paul’s Bay, see J. Smith, Ramsay, Hac- kett, Alford, ‘a bottom of mud graduat- ing into tenacious clay, into which the fore part would fix itself, and be held fast while the stern was exposed to the force of the waves”. For the verb in intran- sitive sense as here cf. Prov. iv. 4, cf. ZEneid, v., 206 (Wetstein).—aoad. : only in Heb. xii. 8 in N.T., but σαλεύειν several times in Luke, in Gospel and Acts; in classical Greek and LXX; adverb -τως, Polyb., ix., 9, 8, cf. also Ecclus. xxix. 18.—h δὲ πρύμνα ἐλύετο ὑπὸ τῆς Blas: ‘but the stern began to break up,” R.V., marking the imperfect as distinguished from aorist ἔμεινεν, Blass, Gram., p. 186; 4in., x., 303, Cic., Att., xv., 11 (Wetstein).—Bias τῶν κυμ., see critical note. Bia: four times in Acts, see on v. 26, nowhere else in N.T., but frequent in LXX, Vulgate, “a vi maris,’’ which Breusing, p. 203, strongly endorses.
Ver. 42. τῶν δὲ στρατ.: only the soldiers, since they and not the sailors were responsible for the safety of the prisoners, cf. xii. 7, xvi. 27; C.and H., small edit., p. 236.-- ἐκκολ.: ‘swim away’’ (Ramsay), literally “out,” Eur., Hel., 1609, Dion H., v., 24.-- διαφ.:
only here in N.T., LXX, Josh. viii. 22, Judg. vii. 19, Prov. xix. 5, 1 Macc. xv. 21, 2 Macc. xii. 35, εἴο., so absolutely in Ἠετοά., i., Io.
Ver. 43. BovAdpevos: “desiring,” R.V.; the centurion had from the first, ver. 3, treated Paul with respect, and the respect had no doubt been deepened by the prisoner’s bearing in the hour of danger, and he would naturally wish to save the man to whom he owed his own safety, and that of the whole crew. διασῶσαι, even if he cared little for the rest he was determined “(ο save Paul to the end,” literally, 5ο C. and H. There is no reason whatever to regard the words βουλ. ... τὸν Π. as an inter- polation.—éxéAveev αὐτοὺς Tov B.: only here with this construction, accusative of person and genitive of thing, but similar usage in Xenophon, Polybius. For the resultative aorist, {.ε., the aorist of a verb whose present implies effort or intention, commonly denoting the suc- cess of the effort, cf. also Matt. xxvii. 20, Acts vii. 36, Burton, p. 21.--τοὺς δυν. xoAvpBav: probably Paul wasamongst the number ; he had thrice been shipwrecked, and had passed a day and a night in the open sea, 2 Cor. xi. 25 (Felten, Plumptre). --ἐξιέναι: four times in Acts, nowhere else in N.T., xiii. 42, xvii. 15, xx. 7.— ἀποῤῥίψαντας: “should cast themselves overboard and get first to the land,” R.V., where they could help the others to safety, so Breusing, Goerne, Renan ; A.V. not so expressive. ἀποῤῥίπτειν: here used reflexively, see instance in Wetstein.