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Blaspheme (blasphēmousin). Present active indicative of common verb blasphēmeō (from blasphēmos, speaking evil, blax or blaptō and phēmē), as in Luk 22:65.
The honourable name (to kalon onoma). “The beautiful name.”
By the which ye were called (to epiklēthen eph' humās). “The one called upon you” (first aorist passive articular participle of epikaleō, to put a name upon, to give a surname to, as Act 10:18). What name is that? Almost certainly the name of Christ as we see it in Act 11:26; Act 26:28; 1Pe 4:14, 1Pe 4:16. It was blasphemy to speak against Christ as some Jews and Gentiles were doing (Act 13:45; Act 18:6; Act 26:11; 1Co 12:3; 1Ti 1:13). Cf. Act 15:17.