Bible Commentaries

Acts 6:1 — Acts 6:1 . δὲ ; cf. Acts 1:15 , and see above in Acts 5:41 . There seems no occasion to regard δὲ as marking a contrast between Acts 5:41 and the opening of this chapter, or as contrasting the outward victory of the Church with its inward dissensions

Acts 6:3 — Acts 6:3 . ἐπισκέψασθε οὖν : the verb, though frequently used by St. Luke in both his writings, is not elsewhere used in the sense of this verse, “look ye out,” cf. σκέπτεσθαι in Genesis 41:33 . μαρτυρουμένους , cf. Hebrews 11:2 ; Hebrews

Ephesians 1:4 — Ephesians 1:4 . καθώς : even as . Not “because,” but “according as,” “in conformity with the fact that”. Cf. καθότι , which is used in the NT only by Luke and means both “according as” and “because”;

Hebrews 7:26 — Hebrews 7:26 . Τοιοῦτος γὰρ … ἀρχιερεύς . “ Such seems to refer to the Melchizedek character delineated in the preceding part of the chapter, or to all that was said of the nature and character of the Son from Hebrews 4:14 onward. The sense will

Jude 1:12 — Jude 1:12 . οὖτοί εἰσιν [ οἱ ] ἐν ταῖς ἀγάπαις ὑμῶν σπιλάδες συνευωχούμενοι . Dr. Chase quotes Zechariah 1:10 f., Revelation 7:14 , Enoch xlvi. 3, Secrets of Enoch , vii. 3 xviii. 3, xix. 3, etc., for the phrase οὗτοί εἰσιν , adding that it was probably

Jude 1:8 — Jude 1:8 . ὁμοίως μέντοι καὶ οὗτοι . Notwithstanding these warnings the libertines go on in similar courses. ἐνυπνιαζόμενοι σάρκα μιαίνουσιν Compare Acts 2:17 (a quotation from Joel 2:28 ), οἱ πρεσβύτεροι ὑμῶν ἐνυπνίοις ἐνυπνιασθήσονται , of those