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Act 7:52. Καὶ ἀπέκτειναν, and they have slain) This is commonly construed with what follows; but it is more suitable to connect it with the verb ἐδίωξαν, persecuted. [The margin of Ed. 2 and the Vers. Germ. more clearly answers to this judgment than the larger Ed.-E. B.] For, Which of the prophets not expresses, with the addition of feeling, the same meaning as, all the prophets; whence the construction should be, [“Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted and slain,” i.e.] all the prophets, who announced or showed before, etc. Syllepsis. [Append. Where the sense regulates the construction more than the words; as here the Plural, τοὺς προκαταγγείλαντας, refers to the antecedent plural implied in the singular, τίνα τῶν προφητῶν;]-περὶ τῆς ἐλεύσεως, concerning the coming) Whence He is so often called ὁ ἐρχόμενος, the Comer, He who is to come.-τοῦ δικαίου, of the Just One) A remarkable Antonomasia [substitution of an appellative designation for a proper name]. The true Messiah is the Just Author of justice or righteousness.-νῦν, now) The now answers to the before in who announced or showed before.-προδοται, betrayers) to Pilate. Refer this to the previous, persecuted.-φονεῖς, murderers) Pilate delivering Him up to them. Refer this to the previous, have slain.