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Acts 26:3

The Pulpit Commentary on Acts 26:3

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

Thou art expert for I know thee to be expert, A.V. and T.R. Expert; γνώστην, here only in the New Testament, but found in the LXX. applied to God, ὁ τῶν κρυπτῶν γνώστης: and and , as the rendering of ינִעְדֹּיִ, a wizard.

It is seldom found in classical Greek. According to the R.T., which is that generally adopted (Meyer, Kuinoel, Wordsworth, Alford, etc.), the accusative γνώστην ὄντα σέ is put, by a not uncommon construction, for the genitive absolute, as in .

The marginal rendering, because thou art especially expert, seems preferable to that in the text. Customs and questions. For the use of ἔθη and ζητήματα applied to Jewish customs and controversies, see ; ; , etc.

; and , note.

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