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Act 4:8. Πλησθεὶς, being filled) at that very moment. The power which was dwelling in him put itself forth. So ch. Act 13:9. As the existing time (exigency) in each instance demands, so GOD moves His instruments. But πλήρης, full, when used, expresses habitual fulness: Act 6:3; Act 6:5, “Stephen-full (πλήρη) of faith and of the Holy Ghost.”-ἄρχοντες, rulers) In the beginning he gives honour to them. But he addresses in a different manner, when they persevere in assailing Christianity, Act 4:19; and again in ch. Act 5:29. Comp. Act 7:2, at the beginning, with Acts 4:51.