ἀρχαίου κόσμου. ὁ τότε κόσμος 2 Peter 3:6. The absence of the article here is noticeable: in the next verse again it is absent (πόλεις Σοδόμων κ.τ.λ.). Sir 16:7 οὐκ ἐξιλάσατο περὶ τῶν�.

ὄγδοον with seven others: αὐτόν is commonly added in these phrases.

Νῶε δικαιοσύνης κήρυκα. The ancient writing which lays most stress on Noah’s preaching is the Sibylline Oracles, Book 1. (a Jewish book altered by a Christian), which devotes some fifty lines to two addresses of Noah. There is also an allusion to it in 1 Peter 3:20 in the word ἀπειθήσασιν.

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Old Testament