1:2 up; (a-21) The word means 'receiving,' but with the prefix ( _ ana_ ) 'up,' as here, it has the active sense of 'taking up.' It is so translated except in 1 Timothy 3:16 . The more passive reception is seen in Acts 3:21 , where another word is used.... [ Continue Reading ]
20:2 exhorted (a-9) As ch. 16.40. 'comforted,' ver. 12.... [ Continue Reading ]
20:4 Derbe, (b-26) Or 'Gaius of Derbe and Timotheus.'... [ Continue Reading ]
20:9 overpowered (c-12) In the act of being so. overpowered (d-25) 'Having been already overpowered.'... [ Continue Reading ]
20:10 life (e-19) Or 'soul.'... [ Continue Reading ]
20:11 spoken (f-15) Or 'conversed.' as ch. 24.26, 'communed.' Luke 24:14 ,Luke 24:15 ; not as 'discoursed,' ver. 9.... [ Continue Reading ]
20:19 serving (a-1) Lit. 'serving as a bondman.'... [ Continue Reading ]
20:28 purchased (b-29) Middle voice; reflexive. see Note e, Hebrews 1:3 . own. (c-35) I am fully satisfied that this is the right translation of ver. 28. To make it a question of the divinity of Christ (which I hold to be of the foundation of Christianity) is absurd. It has been questioned whether '... [ Continue Reading ]
20:35 shewed (d-3) Specially, 'to show by example.'... [ Continue Reading ]
20:37 kissed (e-15) 'Covered with kisses,' as Luke 15:20 .... [ Continue Reading ]