Acts 13:50

καὶ before τὰς εὐσχήμονας omitted with אABCD. Vulg. ‘et.’

50. τὰς σεβομένας γυναῖκας τὰς εὐσχήμονας, the devout women of honourable estate. We read that in Damascus, and we may suppose that it was likely to be the case in other large towns and cities in which Jews abounded, the wives of the men in high position among the heathen were much inclined to the Jewish religion (Josephus, B. J. II. 20. 2). These would be easily moved by the Jews to take action against the Apostles.

τοὺς πρώτους τῆς πόλεως, the chief men of the city, i.e. the heathen magistrates. As the Jews in Jerusalem had appealed to Pilate and the Roman power to carry out their wishes at the Crucifixion, so the Jews in Antioch excite the heathen authorities against Paul and Barnabas.

ἀπὸ τῶν ὁρίων, from their borders. The old English word ‘coasts’ (A.V.) did not mean only land bordering on the sea as now, but any borderland.