The site of which can still be traced. It is said to have been capable of seating fifty-six thousand persons.
Having seized (συναρπάσαντες)
Lit., “having seized along with (σύν):” carried them along with the rush.
Companions in travel (συνεκδήμους)
Only here and 2Co 8:19. The word is compounded of σύν, along with, ἐκ, forth, and δῆμος, country or land, and means, therefore, one who has gone forth with another from his country.