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Is very bold (ἀποτολμᾷ)
Only here in the New Testament. Plato, “Laws,” 701, uses it of liberty as too presumptuous (ἀποτετολμημένης). The force of the preposition is intensive, or possibly pointing to him from whom the action proceeds; bold of himself: The simple verb means primarily to dare, and implies the manifestation of that boldness or confidence of character which is expressed by θαῤῥέω. See 2Co 5:6, 2Co 5:8; 2Co 7:16; 2Co 10:2, note.
Saith
Isa 65:1. Following the Septuagint, with the inversion of the first two clauses. Hebrew: “I have offered to give answers to those who asked not. I have put myself in the way of those who sought me not. I have spread out my hand all the day to a refractory people.” The idea in the Hebrew is, “I have endeavored to be sought and found.” Compare the clause omitted in Paul's quotation: “I have said 'Here am I' to a people who did not call upon my name.”