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Act 24:10. [Ὁ Παῦλος, Paul) By a simple narrative Paul overthrows the exaggerated accusation.-V. g.]-νεύσαντος, having beckoned to him) A gesture becoming the gravity of a judge.-ἐκ πολλῶν ἐτῶν, for many years) Six or seven. Experience on the part of a judge is desired by one who has a good cause: ch. Act 26:3.-κριτὴν, a judge) Paul does not flatter (by adding any complimentary epithet).-εὀθύμως) So the old MSS.[138] Afterwards more recent MSS. have εὐθυμότερον.
[138] Thence the reading εὐθύμως, formerly marked with the sign δ, has been elevated in the margin of Ed. 2 to the sign β, with the consent of the Germ. Vers.-E. B.
ABE Vulg. read εὐθύμας; but Rec. Text, εὐθυμότερον, without the oldest authorities’ sanction.-E. and T.