Acts 21:34

ἐβόων : if we read ἐπεφώνουν, see critical note, a verb peculiar to St. Luke, Luke 23:21; Acts 12:22; Acts 22:24 = “shouted,” R.V., cf. Acts 19:31. μὴ δυνάμ., see critical note. τὸ ἀσφαλὲς : adjective, three times in St. Luke with this same shade of meaning, Acts 22:30; Acts 25:26 (cf. Acts 2:36, and Wis 18:6, ἀσφαλῶς). παρεμ.: the word may mean an army, Hebrews 11:34, or the camp which it occupies (so in LXX = Heb. מַחֲנֶה Judges 4:16; Judges 8:10 1Ma 5:28). In this passage may = the castle itself, as A. and R.V., or perhaps the barracks in the castle. A Macedonian word according to Phryn., but see Kennedy, Sources of N.T. Greek, pp. 15, 16, and also for its meaning here, Schürer, Jewish People, div. i., vol. ii., p. 55, E.T.