446
Il,
m Kom. «iil. ™ λειτουργὸν τῆς χρείας μου, πέμψαι πρὸς ὑμᾶς - 26. ἐπειδὴ ἐπιπο-
6, xv. 16;
νι oy θῶν "ἦν πάντας ὑμᾶς,' καὶ " ἀδημονῶν, διότι ἠκούσατε ὅτι ἠσθένησε 3"
in LXX. n Peri-
common λύπῃ ὃ σχῶ.
Luke and Acts. In Paul, only Gal. i. 22. See Blass, Ν.Τ. Gramm., pp. 198, 1 ᾿ p Only here in N.T. See W-M., p. 590. - im. i. 17; Tit. iii. 13.
xxvi. 37; Mark xiv. 33. τ Cf. (although differing) Luke vii. 4; 2
‘So NcCBFGKLYP, f, g, vg. go., Chr., Thdrt., Victorin.
27. καὶ γὰρ ἠσθένησε " παραπλήσιον θανάτῳ ὃ: ἀλλ᾽ ὁ Θεὸς αὐτὸν phrasis ἠλέησεν," οὐκ αὐτὸν δὲ μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐμέ, ἵνα μὴ λύπην “ ἐπὶ om 28. ' σπουδαιοτέρως 7 οὖν ἔπεμψα αὐτόν, ἵνα, ἰδόντες
ο Only Matt. q See note in/r.
Lach. (brackets), W.H.
(brackets), Myr. add Wew with N*ACDE, d, e, syrr. cop. arm. zxth. Euth.cod.,
Dam., Thphl., Cassiod. chap. i. 8. Rom. i. 11, 1 Thess, iii. 6, 2 Tim. 1. 4.
* D*E*FG, O.L. vg. αντον ἡησθενηκεναι.
Myr. would account for its omission by assimilation to But its insertion is equally well accounted for by the same phrase in
5. So Ti., Trg., Alf., Ws. with Q*ACDEFGKL. W.H. θανατου with BP 29,
31, 44, 80, 115, Chr., Euth.cod. *So KL, Chr., Thdrt., Dam.
ηλ. avrov edd. with NABC**DEFGP 17, 37, 116,
O.L. vg. syrr. arm., Euth.cod., Victorin., Ambrst.
® So Chr.montf., Thdrt, ® D*EFG 1,123, 44 εχω.
antry,” their gift being a sort of Gospel to him. But its ordinary Greek use as = “delegate” makes this unnecessary. --λειτουργόν. “ Minister.” Evidently the technical, ritual use of this word and its cognates which prevailed in the post- classical age and is found in LXX (of priests and esp. Levites) and Egyptian ο (see H. Anz, Dissertationes Philol, Halenses, xii., 2, pp. 346-347; Dsm., BS., p. 137 ff.) suggests the idea of their gift as being a sacrifice, an obla- tion to God. In chap. iv. 18 he calls it expressly a θυσία. See an interesting discussion of Paul’s use of pagan terms in ο Times, x., Nos. 1-5, by Prof. W. M. Ramsay.
Ver, 26. ἐπειδή. Only three times elsewhere in Paul. The difference be- tween it and ἐπεί is tersely stated by Ell. (ad loc.), who notes that it “involves the quasi-temporal reference which is supplied by δή, and thus expresses a thing that at once ensues (temporarily or causally) on the occurrence or realisation of another ”'.----ἔπιπ. ἦν. Acommon N.T. construction. Perhaps the use of the im- perfect may be due to Aramaic influence (see Schmid, Afticismus, iii., p. 113 Π.). In classical Greek it is fairly frequent with the perfect and pluperfect. See Kihner, Ausfihrl. Gramm., ii., p. 35, ". 3-— πάντας. The Apostle cadens to disarm all prejudices against Epaphr. μονῶν. “Τὴ sore anguish.” In its two other occurrences in N.T. it describes the agony
Edd. Άνπην with all MSS. 7 σπονδαιοτερον D* FG,
in Gethsemane. While not found in LXX (but several exx. in Symmachus) it occurs a few times in later Greek. The derivations usually given are doubt- (ω].---ἠκούσατε. Probably we must sup- that the Philippians, on hearing that μμανωὴ was ill, had written a letter to which this is the answer.—}oOdvyee. We might translate, '' had fallen sick,” an ingressive aorist. But with the same tense in ver. 27, perhaps it is better to look upon the aorist as summing up the whole ex- perience of Epaphrod. as a single fact, and viewing it in this light. This isa common Greek usage (see Burton, ΜΤ., p. 20). Ver. 27. καὶ γὰρ κ.τ.λ. ‘For truly he was sick,” εἰς,, καί intensifying the force of ἠσθέν.--θαν. The more common construction of wapamh., backed by a pre- ponderating weight of authority, favours the dative. The endings -ov and -w were frequently interchanged in the MSS. (see Ws. TK., p. 18). ---Ἀύπην ἐπὶ λ . The reading λύπῃ is merely a simplify- ing of the construction. The accusative must be read. The usage is practically = ἐπί with dative. It denotes the heap- ing up of one thing upon another with the notion of addition predominant. Cf. Matt. xxiv. 2, ob ph ἀφεθῇ λίθος ἐπὶ λίθον ; Isa. xxviii. 10, θλίψιν ἐπὶ θλίψιν προσδέχου ; Ps. Sol. iii. 7, οὐκ αὐλίζεται ἐν οἴκῳ δικαίου γι sb ἐφ᾽ ἅμαρ- r