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2. ἄχρι ἧς ἡμέρας. An instance of the incorporation of the antecedent into the relative clause, where it must take the case of the relative. Cf. Mat 7:2, ἐν ᾧ μέτρῳ μετρεῖτε = ἐν τῷ μέτρῳ, ἐν ᾦ μετρεῖτε.
διὰ πνεύματος ἁγίου. The preposition indicates the operation of that power of the Holy Spirit with which Jesus was filled after His baptism (Luk 4:1). Chrysostom speaks of Christ’s communication to the Twelve thus: πνενματικὰ πρὸς αὐτοὺς εἰπὼν ῥήματα οὐδὲν ἀνθρώπινον. Along with the charges which Jesus gave to His disciples there was bestowed on them too a gift of the Holy Ghost (Joh 20:22), which at Pentecost was to be poured out in rich abundance, so that ‘filled with the Holy Ghost’ becomes a frequent phrase in the Acts to describe the divine endowment of the first evangelists. (Cf. Act 2:4; Act 4:8; Act 4:31; Act 6:3; Act 6:5; Act 7:53; Act 11:24; Act 13:9.)