ἔλεγεν γάρ. Here the force of the imperf., as referring to action which preceded something already mentioned, is best represented in English by the pluperf.; For He had been saying, or had said; cf. Mark 5:28; Mark 6:18; Matthew 14:4; also Acts 9:39, ὅσα ἐποίει, “which Dorcas had been making while she was with them.” Burton, § 29.

τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ�. Nom. with art. for voc., as often in N.T. (Mark 5:41; Mark 9:25; Luke 8:54; Luke 10:21; Luke 18:11; Luke 18:13; Colossians 3:18; Ephesians 6:1; etc.). It is specially common with imperatives and may be due in some cases to Heb. influence (2 Kings 9:31; Jeremiah 47:6).

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