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Put to silence (φιμοῦν)
A very graphic word, meaning to muzzle or gag. Compare 1Co 9:9; 1Ti 5:18. See on Mat 22:12.
Ignorance (ἀγνωσίαν)
In classical Greek it is an ignorance arising from not coming into contact with the person or thing to be known. It occurs only once again in the New Testament, 1Co 15:34. Here it signifies not want of acquaintance, but of understanding; a state of ignorance.
Of foolish men (τῶν ἀφρόνων ἀνθρώπων)
Of the foolish men; the article referring to those just mentioned, who speak against them as evil-doers.