Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Acts: Chapter 22]
quiet} (\m•llon pareschon h•suchian\). Literally, The more
(\m•llon\) they furnished or supplied (second aorist active
indicative of \parech•\) quietness (\h•suchian\, old word, in the
N.T. only here and 2Th 3:12; 1Ti 2:11ff.). Precisely this idiom
occurs in Plutarch (_Cor_. 18) and the LXX (Job 34:29).
Knowling notes the fondness of Luke for words of silence (\sig•,
siga•, h•suchaz•\) as in Lu 14:4; 15:26; Ac 11:18; 12:17; 15:12;
21:14,40. It is a vivid picture of the sudden hush that swept
over the vast mob under the spell of the Aramaic. They would have
understood Paul's _Koin•_ Greek, but they much preferred the
Aramaic. It was a masterstroke.
22:3 {I am a Jew} (\Eg• eimi an•r Ioudaios\). Note use of \Eg•\
for emphasis. Paul recounts his Jewish advantages or privileges
with manifest pride as in Ac 26:4f.; 2Co 11:22; Ga 1:14; Php
3:4-7. {Born} (\gegenn•menos\). Perfect passive participle of
\genna•\. See above in 21:39 for the claim of Tarsus as his
birth-place. He was a Hellenistic Jew, not an Aramaean Jew (cf.
Ac 6:1). {Brought up} (\anatethrammenos\). Perfect passive
participle again of \anatreph•\, to nurse up, to nourish up,
common old verb, but in the N.T. only here, 7:20ff., and MSS.
in Lu 4:16. The implication is that Paul was sent to Jerusalem
while still young, "from my youth" (26:4), how young we do not
know, possibly thirteen or fourteen years old. He apparently had
not seen Jesus in the flesh (2Co 5:16). {At the feet of
Gamaliel} (\pros tous podas Gamali•l\). The rabbis usually sat on
a raised seat with the pupils in a circle around either on lower
seats or on the ground. Paul was thus nourished in Pharisaic
Judaism as interpreted by Gamaliel, one of the lights of Judaism.
For remarks on Gamaliel see chapter 5:34ff. He was one of the
seven Rabbis to whom the Jews gave the highest title \Rabban\
(our Rabbi). \Rabbi\ (my teacher) was next, the lowest being
\Rab\ (teacher). "As Aquinas among the schoolmen was called
_Doctor Angelicus_, and Bonaventura _Doctor Seraphicus_, so
Gamaliel was called _the Beauty of the Law_" (Conybeare and
Howson). {Instructed} (\pepaideumenos\). Perfect passive
participle again (each participle beginning a clause), this time
of \paideu•\, old verb to train a child (\pais\) as in 7:22
which see. In this sense also in 1Ti 1:20; Tit 2:12. Then to
chastise as in Lu 23:16,22 (which see); 2Ti 2:25; Heb 12:6f.
{According to the strict manner} (\kata akribeian\). Old word,
only here in N.T. Mathematical accuracy, minute exactness as seen
in the adjective in 26:5. See also Ro 10:2; Gal 1:4; Php
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