Acts 24:4

δέ : autem, “innuit plura dici potuisse in laudem Felicis,” Bengel. ἐγκόπτω, impedire, as if Felix was so busy in his reforms that Tertullus would not interrupt him, but see critical note, cf. Romans 15:22; Galatians 5:7. ἐπὶ πλεῖον, cf. Acts 4:17; Acts 20:9; in 2 Timothy 2:16; 2 Timothy 3:9, with the opposite verb προκόπτω. συντόμως : so in classical Greek, with λέγειν, εἰπεῖν; in Jos., c. Apion., i., 1, 6, with γράψαι and διδάσκειν, see Wetstein on Romans 9:28, cf. 2Ma 2:31, for the adjective and for the adverb, Proverbs 13:23 3Ma 5:25; “est hæc communis oratorum promissio” (Blass). ἐπιεικείᾳ : only in Luke and Paul, see 2 Corinthians 10:1, “pro tua dementia,” Vulgate, derived from εἴκω, cedo, it properly might be rendered yieldingness; equity as opposed to strict law; so Aristotle sets the ἐπιεικής against the ἀκριβοδίκαιος, Eth. Nic., v., 10, 6. It is often joined with φιλανθρωπία, πραότης. Its architype and pattern is to be found in God, cf. Wis 12:18, 2Ma 2:22; 2Ma 10:4 R., Psalms 85:5, and so also in Psalms of Solomon, Acts 5:14. The word also occurs, Bar 2:27, Song of the Three Children, Acts 24:19 (Dan., LXX and Theod. 3:42), where it is used of God, also in Wis 2:19, Malachi 3:15; Malachi 3:15; 3Ma 7:6. For a valuable account of the word see Trench, Synonyms, i., p. 176 ff.