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Heb_11:32. Καὶ τί ἔτι λέγω ;] And to what end do I still speak? i.e. what need is there yet, after that which has already been mentioned, of a further description in detail? and what end can it serve, since, considering the abundance of the historic material, an exhaustive presentation is surely impossible?
λέγω ] is indicative. See Winer, Gramm., 7 Aufl. p. 267.
ἐπιλείπειν ] only here in the N. T.
ἐπιλείψει με γὰρ διηγούμενου ὁ χρόνος περὶ Γεδεὼν κ . τ . λ .] for the time will not suffice me for relating of Gideon, etc. Comp. Demosth. de Corona, ed. Reisk. p. 324: ἐπιλείψει με λέγοντα ἡ ἡμέρα τὰ τῶν προδοτῶν ὀνόματα ; Julian. Orat. 1, p. 341 B: ἐπιλείψει με τἀκείνον διηγούμενον ὁ χρόνος . Parallel is also the Latin: deficit me dies, tempus, e.g. Liv. 28:41: Dies me deficiat, si … numerare velim; Cic. pro Rosc. Amer. c. 32, init.: tempus, hercule, te citius, quam oratio deficeret. Further instances (also from Philo) see in Wetstein and Bleek.
ὁ χρόνος ] Oecumenius: ὁ χρόνος ὁ τῇ ἐπιστολῇ , φησίν , ἁρμόδιος καὶ οἷον ἡ συμμετρία ; Theophylact: ποῖος ; ἢ ὁ πᾶς · εἴρηται δὲ τοῦτο , ὡς σύνηθες ἡμῖν λέγειν , ὑπερβολικῶς · ἢ ὁ τῇ · ἐπιστολῇ σύμμετρος .
περὶ Γεδεὼν καὶ Βαρὰκ κ . τ . λ .] of Gideon, as well as of Barak, etc. That here too, in connection with the correct text, the regard to chronology is not lost sight of, see in the critical remark.
On Gideon, comp. Judges 6-8; on Barak, Judges 4, 5; on Samson, Judges 13-14; on Jephthah, Jdg_11:1 to Jdg_12:7.
The last double member is yet enlarged by the addition καὶ τῶν προφητῶν to Σαμουήλ , because Samuel opened the series of the prophets; cf. Act_3:24.