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Unto you my friends (humin tois philois). As opposed to the Pharisees and lawyers in Luk 11:43, Luk 11:46, Luk 11:53.
Be not afraid of (mē phobēthēte apo). First aorist passive subjunctive with mē, ingressive aorist, do not become afraid of, with apo and the ablative like the Hebrew min and the English “be afraid of,” a translation Hebraism as in Mat 10:28 (Moulton, Prolegomena, p. 102).
Have no more that they can do (mē echontōn perissoteron ti poiēsai). Luke often uses the infinitive thus with echō, a classic idiom (Luk 7:40, Luk 7:42; Luk 12:4, Luk 12:50; Luk 14:14; Act 4:14, etc.).