Ver. 4. μµεμνηµένος- δακρύων: Paren- thetical. St. Paul’s longing was made keener by his recollection of the tears Timothy had shed at their last parting. So Chrys. fixes the occasion. We are reminded of the scene at Miletus, Acts xx. 37. Bengel, comparing Acts xx. το, thinks that reference is rather made to an habitual manifestation of strong emotion. At that time, and in that society, tears were allowed as a manifestation of emo- tion more freely than amongst modern men of the West.
χαρᾶς πληρωθῶ: For πληρόω with a genitive, cf. Rom. xv. 13, 14. It takesa dat., Rom. i. 29, 2 Cor. vii. 4, cof. Eph. Vato ἀπ σον, Επ 1: τε, Colvisig:
Ver. 5. ὑπόμνησιν λαβών: Having been reminded. Not to be connected
154
sSeerTim. τῆς ἐν σοὶ " ἀνυποκρίτου πίστεως, ἥτις
1th
t See note.
u 4 Macc. Xvi. 9 only.
v Rom. viii. 38, Xiv. 14, XV. 14, Ver. 12. x 1 Cor. iv. 17.
ἐν got. 6. δι "ἣν
with the clause immediately preceding, as R.V.m. ὑπόμνησις, a reminder, {.ε., an act of recollection specially excited by a particular person or thing, thus differs from ἀνάμνησις, which is self- originated (so Ammonius Grammaticus, quoted by Bengel). Ell. compares for the thought Eph.i.15. For this use of λαμβάνω, cf. Rom. vii. 8, 11 (ἀφορμὴν λ.), Heb. ii. 3 (ἀρχὴν dX), πι. ο, 36 (πεῖραν λ.), 2 Pet. i. 9 (λήθην λ.). The fact that St. Paul received this reminder of Timothy’s faith suggests that there were other aspects of his conduct—pos- sibly as an administrator—which were not wholly satisfactory. His unfeigned faith made up for much.
ἥτις ἐνῴκησεν κ.τ.λ.: ἐνοικέω is used in Rom. viii. 11 and 2 Tim. i. 14 of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit; and in Col. iii. 16 of the Word of Christ. In 2 Cor. vi. 16, ἐνοικήσω is added in the quotation from Lev. xxvi. 12 to ἐνπερι- πατήσω. Tisch. and W.H._ read ἐνοικοῦσα for οἰκοῦσα in Rom. vii. 17. Timothy’s faith was hereditary as St. Paul’s was. πρῶτον does not mean that Lois was the first of her family to have faith, but that it dwelt in her, to St. Paul’s knowledge, before it dwelt in Timothy. It is to be observed that it is implied that the faith of God’s people be- fore Christ came is not different in kind from faith after Christ has come.
poppy: an infantile equivalent in early Greek for μήτηρ, is used in later Greek for τήθη, grandmother. It occurs, e.g., in 4 Macc. Xvi. Q, οὐκ ὄψομαι ὑμῶν τέκνα, οὐδὲ μάμμη κληθεῖσα µακαρισθή- σομαι. See also Moulton and Milligan, Expositor, vii., vii. 561.
Λωίδι: Since Timothy’s father was a Greek, and his mother a Jewess (Acts xvi. 1), we ‘may conclude that Lois was the mother of Eunice (see art. in Hast- ings’ D. B.).
Εὐνίκῃ: See art. in Hastings’ ἢ. B., where Lock notes that the curious read- ing of cursive 25 in Acts xvi. I, υἱὸς γυναικός τινος Ἰουδαίας χήρας, and the substitution of χήρας for ᾿Ιουδαίας in Gig., fuld. ‘‘ may embody a tradition of her widowhood ”’.
πέπεισμαι: The other examples of St.
> ἐν τ αἰτίαν