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Act_21:17-19. Γενομ .] having arrived at; Act_3:5.
οἱ ἀδελφοί ] the Christians, to whom we came,
Mnason and others who were with him. It was not until the following day, Act_21:18, that they, with Paul at their head, presented themselves to the rulers of the church. Accordingly, there is not to be found in this notice, Act_21:17, any inconsistency with the dissatisfaction towards Paul afterwards reported (Baur); and οἱ ἀδελφ . is not to be interpreted of the apostles and presbyters (Kuinoel).
σὺν ἡμῖν ] witnesses to the historical truth of the whole narrative down to Act_21:26 : those who combat it are obliged to represent this σὺν ἡμῖν as an addition of the compiler, who wished “externally to attach” what follows to the report of an eye-witness (Zeller, p. 522). See, in opposition to this wretched shift, Ewald, Jahrb. IX. p. 66.
πρὸς Ἰάκωβον ] the Lord’s brother, Act_12:17, Act_15:13. Neither Peter nor any other of the Twelve can at this time have been present in Jerusalem; otherwise they would have been mentioned here and in the sequel of the narrative.[121]
ὧν ] τούτων ἅ . Usual attraction.
[121] Nevertheless, on the part of the Catholics (see Cornelius a Lapide), the presence of all the apostles is assumed; Mary having at that time died, and risen, and ascended into heaven. According to other forms of the variously-coloured legend, it occurred twelve years after the death of Jesus. See Sepp, p. 68 ff.