Hath holpen [α ν τ ε λ α β ε τ ο]. The verb means to lay hold on : thence to grasp helpfully or to help. To lay hold in the sense of partaking (1 Timothy 6:2), carries us back to the primitive meaning of the word according to its composition : to receive instead of, or in return [α ν τ ι], and suggests the old phrase to take up for, espouse the cause of. Wyc., has took up, but probably not in this sense.

Servant [π α ι δ ο ς]. Often child, son or daughter, but here servant, in allusion to Isaiah 41:8. Meyer truthfully says that the theocratic notion of sonship is never expressed by paiv. See Rev., Acts 3:13; Acts 3:26; Acts 4:27; Acts 4:30.

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