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Act 28:2. Βάρβαροι, the Barbarians) A word of a middle sense between good and bad, not in itself a name of reproach. Drusius derives it from the Syriac bar, outside: so that barbarus should be said of one who uses an unknown tongue.-γὰρ, for) Much praise is given to their prompt kindness towards strangers, who were many in number, though that kindness did not cost them much.