Most excellent (kratistwi). See on Lu 1:3 to Theophilus though not in Acts 1:1 . It is usual in addressing men of rank as here, like our Your Excell...
The Book of MarkChapter 15Verses:15:1 Matthew 27:1 ,2; Lu 22:66; Lu 23:1; John 18:28.15:3 Matthew 27:12 .15:7Insurrection - A crime which the Roman ...
They laid hold (epilabomenoi). Second aorist middle participle of the common verb epilambanw. The soldiers had no scruples about taking hold of any o...
Came to the chief priests and the elders (proselqonte toi arciereusin kai toi presbuteroi). The Sanhedrin, just as Judas did ( Luke 22:4 ). With a gr...
Looked one on another (eblepon ei allhlou). Inchoative imperfect of blepw, began to glance at one another in bewilderment (doubting, aporoumenoi, pre...
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?...
I must needs glory (kaucasqai dei). This is the reading of B L Latin Syriac, but Aleph D Bohairic have de while K M read dh. The first is probably co...
The Book of MarkChapter 13Verses:13:1 Matthew 24:1 ; Lu 21:5.13:4Two questions are here asked; the one concerning the destruction of Jerusalem: the o...
Into Paradise (ei paradeison). See on Lu 23:43 for this interesting word. Paul apparently uses paradise as the equivalent of the third heaven in vers...
Provide beasts (ktenh parasthsai). Change from direct to indirect discourse just the opposite of that in verse Luke 22 . Beasts (kthnh). For riding ...
Ye are chastened of the Lord (upo tou Kuriou paideuomeqa). On this sense of paideuw, from pai, child, to train a child ( Acts 7:22 ), to discipline w...
Some shouting one thing, some another (alloi allo ti epepwnoun). Same idiom of alloi allo as in Mark 19:32 which see. The imperfect of epipwnew, to...
The Book of LukeChapter 8Verses:8:2Mary Magdalene - Or Mary of Magdala, a town in Galilee: probably the person mentioned in the last chapter.8:4 Matt...
Overview - Matthew 5 1?Christ's sermon on the mount. 3?Who are blessed; 13?the salt of the earth; 14?the light of the world. 17?He came to fulfil the...
Overview - 1?Kings 2 1?David, having given a charge to Solomon, 3?of religiousness; 5?of Joab; 7?of Barzillai; 8?of Shimei; 10?dies. 12?Solomon su...
Overview - Matthew 18 1?Christ warns his disciples to be humble and harmless, 7?to avoid offences, 10?and not to despise the little ones; 15?teaches ...
Eliezer [N] [H]God his help. Of Damascus, the steward (RSV, possessor) of Abraham's house ( Genesis 15:2 Genesis 15:3 ). It was probably he who head...
The Book of MarkChapter 12Verses:12:1 Matthew 21:43 ; Lu 20:9.12:10 Psalms 118:22 .12:12They feared the multitude - How wonderful is the providence ...
Overview - 1?Corinthians 15 1?By Christ's resurrection, 12?he proves the necessity of our resurrection, against all such as deny the resurrection of t...
Brethren and fathers (andre adelpoi kai patere). The spectators (brethren) and members of the Sanhedrin (fathers) as Paul in Acts 22:1 . Hearken (ak...