exhorted = was exhorting. Greek. parakaleo.App-134.:6. Compare Act_4:36.
purpose. Greek. prothesis, that which is put before one. The Eng. word is from the Latin propositum, which exactly corresponds to the Greek. The word is used of the shewbread, i.e. the bread of presentation, in Mat_12:4. Mar_2:26. Luk_6:4. Heb_9:2. In its seven other occurances it is rendered as here.