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Act_26:11-13. Κατὰ πάσας τ . συναγ .] throughout all the synagogues (in Jerusalem), going from one to another and searching out the Christians in all; comp. Act_22:19.
τιμωρῶν αὐτούς ] taking vengeance on them, dragging them to punishment, Soph. O. R. 107. 140; Polyb. ii. 56. 15. Comp. Act_22:5, and Wetstein in loc. The middle is more usual.
βλασφημεῖν ] namely, τὸν Ἰησοῦν , which is obvious of itself, as the object of the specific reverence of Christians (Jam_2:7). Comp. Plin. Ep. x. 97; Suicer, Thes. I. p. 697. Whether and how far this ἠνάγκαζ . βλασφ . was actually successful, cannot be determined.
ἕως καὶ εἰς τὰς ἔξω πόλεις ] till even unto the extraneous cities (outside of Palestine). By this remark the following narrative has the way significantly prepared for it.
ἐν οἷς ] in which affairs of persecution. Comp. Act_24:18.
μετʼ ἐξουσ . κ . ἐπιτρ .] with power and plenary authority (Polyb. iii. 15. 7; 2Ma_13:14). “Paulus erat commissarius,” Bengel.
ἡμέρας μέσας ] At noon, μεσημβρίας (comp. Act_22:6), genitive of the definition of time, Bernhardy, p. 145. On the non-classical Greek expression μέση ἡμέρα , see Lobeck, ad Phryn. p. 55 f.
κατὰ τὴν ὁδόν ] along the way, Act_25:3, Act_8:36.
ὑπὲρ τ . λαμπρ . τ . ἡλίου ] surpassing the brightness of the sun. See Winer, p. 376 [E. T. 502].