Robertson Word Pictures - Acts 28:20 - 28:20

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Robertson Word Pictures - Acts 28:20 - 28:20


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Did I intreat (parekalesaDid I invite you.

Because of the hope of Israel (heineken tēs elpidos tou Israel). Genitive with preposition heineken. The hope of the Messiah is his point as in Act 26:6.

I am bound with this chain (tēn halusin tautēn perikeimai). This old verb means to lie around as in Luk 17:2; Heb 12:1. But it is also used as the passive of peritithēmi, to place around with the accusative of peritithēmi retained. It is a transitive passive. Paul does not lie around the chain, but the chain lies around him, a curious reversal of the imagery (Robertson, Grammar, p. 815).