The Pulpit Commentary on Acts 18:20

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

And when they asked for when they desired, A.V.; abide a for tarry, A.V.; time for time with them, A.V. He consented not; οὐκ ἐπένευσεν, only here in the New Testament, but found in Pray. Acts 26:20; Acts 2:1-47 Mace.

Acts 4:10, etc., and frequently in medical writers; literally, to bend the head forward by the proper muscles (Hobart).

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