When I had fastened my eyes (atenisa). This personal touch Peter adds from his own experience. See on Lu 4:20; see also Ac 3:4,12 for this striking v...
Respect of persons (proswpolhmpsia). Milligan (Vocabulary) considers this word (in N.T. only here, Colossians 3:25 ; Ephesians 6:9 ) and proswpolhm...
Must be (dei einai). Since moral conditions are so bad among you (cf. chapters 1 to 6). Cf. Matthew 18:7 . Heresies (airesei). The schisms naturally...
Through a window (dia qurido). For this late word see on Ac 20:9, the only N.T. example. Was I let down (ecalasqhn). First aorist passive of calaw, t...
Rude in speech (idiwth twi logwi). Locative case with idiwth for which word see on Ac 4:13; see also 1Co 14:16,23,24. Te Greek regarded a man a idits...
Overview - 2?Corinthians 11 1?Out of his jealousy over the Corinthians, who seemed to make more account of the false apostles than of him, he enters i...
Jesus which is called Justus (Ihsou o legomeno Iousto). Another illustration of the frequency of the name Jesus (Joshua). The surname Justus is the L...
Now these things happened unto them (tauta de sunebainon ekeinoi). Imperfect tense because they happened from time to time. By way of example (tupikw...
Overview - Leviticus 16 1?How the high priest must enter into the holy place. 11?The sin offering for himself. 15?The sin offering for the people. 20?...
Taketh before (prolambanei). Before others. Old verb to take before others. It was conduct like this that led to the complete separation between the ...
Overview - Romans 11 1?God has not cast off all Israel. 7?Some were elected, though the rest were hardened. 16?There is hope of their conversion. 18?...
The governor under Aretas (o eqnarch Hareta). How it came to pass that Damascus, ruled by the Romans after B.C. 65, came at this time to be under the...
FAREWELL far-wel' (chairo), Fare ye, or thou, well: Originally a wish at parting for those faring forth (traveling): (1) As a parting wish at the cl...
Overview - Hebrews 6 1?He exhorts not to fall back from the faith; 11?but to be stedfast, 12?diligent, and patient to wait upon God; 13?because God is...
PROVOCATION; PROVOKE prov-o-ka'-shun, pro-vok': Provoke, literally, to call forth, hence, to excite or stir up, whether in a good or bad sense, appea...
Overview - Daniel 9 1?Daniel, considering the time of the captivity, 3?makes confession of sins, 16?and prays for the restoration of Jerusalem. 20?Ga...
Overview - Acts 3 1?Peter preaching to the people that came to see a lame man restored to his feet, 12?professes the cure not to have been wrought by ...
Before faith came (pro tou elqein thn pistin). Before the coming (second aorist active infinitive of ercomai, definite event) as to the Faith (note a...
TERAH (1) te'-ra (terach; Septuagint Tharra, or (with New Testament) Thara; on the name see especially HDB, under the word): The son of Nahor and fat...
Overview - Luke 24 1?Christ's resurrection is declared by two angels to the women that come to the sepulchre. 9?These report it to others. 13?Christ ...