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Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

Acts 8:16

ἐπιπεπτωκός : the verb is characteristic of St. Luke, and used by him both in his Gospel and in Acts of the occurrence of extraordinary conditions, e.g., the sudden influence of the Spirit, cf. Luke 1:12; Acts 10:44; Acts 11:15; Acts 19:17, cf. Revelation 11:11 (Acts 10:10 cannot be supported, and in Acts 13:11 read ἔπεσεν). Similar usage in LXX, Exodus 15:16; 1 Samuel 26:12; Psalms 54:4, Jdt 2:28; Jdt 11:11, etc. Friedrich, Das Lucasevangelium, p. 41 For the word as used by St. Luke in another sense also characteristic of him, see below on Acts 20:37, and Plummer on Acts 15:20. On the formula of baptism see above p. 91, and “Baptism,” B.D. 2, p. 352, and Hastings' B.D. ὑπῆρχον here perhaps = “made a beginning,” took the first step (Lumby).

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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