Robertson Word Pictures - Acts 19:39 - 19:39

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Robertson Word Pictures - Acts 19:39 - 19:39


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Anything about other matters (tōi peraiterō). Most MSS. here have tōi peri heterōn, but B b Vulgate read tōi peraiterō as in Plato’s Phaedo. Several papyri examples of it also. It is comparative peraiteros of pera, beyond. Note also epi in epizāteite. Charges of illegal conduct (Page) should be settled in the regular legal way. But, if you wish to go further and pass resolutions about the matter exciting you, “it shall be settled in the regular assembly” (en tōi ennomōi ekklēsiāi). “In the lawful assembly,” not by a mob like this. Wood (Ephesus) quotes an inscription there with this very phrase “at every lawful assembly” (kata pāsan ennomon ekklāsian). The Roman officials alone could give the sanction for calling such a lawful or regular assembly. The verb epiluō is an old one, but in the N.T. only here and Mar 4:34 (which see) where Jesus privately opened or disclosed the parables to the disciples. The papyri give examples of the verb in financial transactions as well as of the metaphorical sense. The solution will come in the lawful assembly, not in a riot like this. See also 2Pe 1:20 where the substantive epilusis occurs for disclosure or revelation (prophecy).