Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Acts 18:11 - 18:11

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Acts 18:11 - 18:11


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11. ἐκάθισεν δέ, and he dwelt there. In this word the historian seems to intend to express the quiet and content which filled the Apostle’s mind after the vision. καθίζω is generally rendered ‘to sit down,’ and here seems to be applied purposely to the restful state of the Apostle’s mind after the comforting revelation. The same verb is used by St Luke (Luk 24:49), ‘Tarry ye in the city, until ye be clothed with power from on high,’ where the admonition is of like character with the advice given here to St Paul. In no other place in the New Testament is the word similarly used.

ἐνιαυτὸν καὶ μῆνας ἕξ, a year and six months, and beside the teaching which he gave to the Corinthians he wrote at this time the two Epistles to the Thessalonians which are the first in order of date among the Apostolic letters, and probably the earliest part of the whole New Testament.