Acts 21:27

αἱ ἑπτὰ ἡμέραι : it does not appear that the seven days were enjoined by the law not even in Numbers 6:9; indeed it would appear from Jos., B.J., ii., 15, that a period of thirty days was customary before the sacrifice could be offered. The seven days cannot therefore include the whole period of the vow, although they might well include the period of the Apostle's partnership with the four men. Wendt and Weiss suppose that a reference is here made to a rule that the interval between the announcement to the priest and the conclusion of the Nazirite vow should include a period of seven days, but as there is admittedly no reference to any such ordinance elsewhere, it is precarious to depend too much upon it. It seems impossible to refer the expression to the seven days observed as the Feast of Pentecost; the article before ἑπτὰ ἡμ. refers to the “days of purification” just mentioned, see further critical note and Knabenbauer for summary of different views. οἱ ἀπὸ τῆς Ἀ. Ἰ.: “the Jews from Asia,” R.V., cf. Acts 6:9, where we read of the Jews of Cilicia, etc., who disputed with Stephen. θεασάμ., cf. Acts 24:18, where St. Paul tells us how these Jews had found him in the Temple purified, i.e., with the Nazirite vow upon him, and in the act of presenting offerings not of creating a disturbance, as his enemies alleged. These Jews, who were of course not believers, may have come from Ephesus, and were full of enmity against the Apostle for escaping them there, cf. Acts 20:3 they had come up to worship at Pentecost. συνέχεον, see on Acts 9:22. ἐπέβ. τὰς χ., cf. Acts 12:1.