Acts 9:38

Λύδδης, on the form see above on Acts 9:35; nine miles from Joppa. παρακαλοῦντες; the only passage in which the oratio recta follows if we read μὴ ὀκνήσῃς, see critical notes; this also best represents the urgency of the message (cf. John 11:3), as in R.V. μἠ ὀκν.: “fides non tollit civilitatem verborum,” Bengel. Verb only here in N.T., cf. LXX, Numbers 22:16, of Balak to Balaam, a phrase almost identically similar. διελθεῖν, cf. Luke 2:15, and Acts 9:32 above, and below Acts 11:19. Like other compounds of ἔρχομαι very frequent in Luke, as compared with other writers (Friedrich, p. 7). ἕως αὐτῶν : use of ἕως locally, common in St. Luke (Friedrich, p. 20); ἕως with genitive of the person as here, cf. Luke 4:42 1Ma 3:26; not so used in classical writers (Plummer).