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Act 17:16. Ἐκδεχομένου, whilst Paul was waiting for them) He had not intended to speak immediately at Athens; but nevertheless presently, without waiting for his companions, stimulated by a remarkable and extraordinary zeal, this soldier of Christ commences the action at once. So he often carried on the Christian warfare alone: Gal 2:13-14; 2Ti 4:16.-[παρωξύνετο, was stirred up with zeal) He was impatient that idolatrous practices should prevail, and still he had not at the time as yet a handle for attacking them.-V. g.]-κατείδωλον) crowded with idols. Κατάκαρπος and κατάσκιος are compounds of the same form.