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He spake (prosephōnei). Imperfect active, was speaking. See aorist active prosephōnēsen in Act 21:40.
They were the more quiet (māllon pareschon hēsuchian). Literally, The more (māllon) they furnished or supplied (second aorist active indicative of parechō) quietness (hēsuchian, old word, in the N.T. only here and 2Th 3:12; 1Ti 2:11.). Precisely this idiom occurs in Plutarch and the lxx (Job 34:29). Knowling notes the fondness of Luke for words of silence (sigē, sigaō, hēsuchazō) as in Luk 14:4; Luk 15:26; Act 11:18; Act 12:17; Act 15:12; Act 21:14, Act 21:40. It is a vivid picture of the sudden hush that swept over the vast mob under the spell of the Aramaic. They would have understood Paul’s Koiné[28928]š Greek, but they much preferred the Aramaic. It was a masterstroke.