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Inquired (eputheto). Second aorist middle indicative of punthanomai.
Began to mend (kompsoteron eschen). Second aorist ingressive active indicative of echō (took a turn, got better) and comparative of adverb kompsōs. Arrian (Epictetus iii. 10.13) has kompsōs echeis from a physician, “Thou hast it fine,” “Thou art doing finely.” The papyri give several similar examples. Kompsōs (neat) is from komeō, to take care of.
At the seventh hour (hōran hebdomēn). The accusative case without a preposition as in Rev 3:3, though we have peri hōran enatēn (about the ninth hour) in Act 10:3. See the accusative also in Exo 9:18 tautēn tēn hōran aurion (tomorrow about this hour). The accusative has the notion of extension and can be thus loosely used. It can even mean here “during the seventh hour.” In Joh 4:53 the locative is more exact, “at that hour” (en ekeinēi tēi hōrāi). The seventh hour would be (Roman time) seven p.m.