The Acts of the Apostles

64 THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES
here one can establish the homogeneity of the author's
style.^ It is used metaphorically in i. 25 (Xa^eiv rov
TOTTov Ttji SiaKOviag) and in xxv. 16 {rowov onroXoylag
Xa/Beip) ; the Temple is called in vi. 13 and xxi. 28
6 ay log TOTTo^y and in vi. 14 and xxi. 28 6 roirog
0UT09, in vii. 7 6 roirog ourog is to be understood
as referring to the Holy Land. In xvi. 3 ol tottol
€K€tvoi describes the region round Lystra and Iconium ;
likewise we read in XXVii. 2 eig rovg Kara Trjv 'A^crlav
TOTTOvg and similarly in XXViii. 7 rd irepi rov tottov
cKelvov. The word has a mysterious sound in i. 25 :
OLTTO Trjg ciTroa-ToXrjg irapefirj 'lovSag iropevOrjvat eig tov
TOTTOV TOV ISiov, and even in xii. 17 : TlcTpog e^eXOwv
€7rop€vOr] eig eTcpov tottov (for t6tto9 = place, city, vide
XXVii. 8 fjXOoimev elg tottov tlvol KaXovjuLevov KaXou?
XijuLcvag). Only once (XXi. 12) are the native inha-
bitants of a city called ol cvtottioi (the word is found
in Plato ; it is not one that is often met with).
Tcvog (nine times).^
The use of the word in iv. 36 KvTTpiog r. yeVe/,
xviii. 2 TlovTiKog t. yevei, xviii. 24 ^AXe^avSpevg t.
yevei, vii. 19 to yevog ri/mcov shows the consistency of
style in both halves of the book. The remaining
passages where the word occurs give it the significance
1 The passages (iv. 31 ; vii. 33, 49 ; xxvii. 29, 41) are neutral.
2 Similar words, v?hich occur only rarely or only once, and are
therefore not fitted for use in comparison, are to. opi,a (for a region,
xiii. 50), i] iirapx^a (xxiii. 34 ; xxv. 1), i} olKovfxh-r] (xi. 28 ; xvii, 6,
31 ; xix. 27 ; xxiv. 5), &c. The use of rd /xeprj is, however, worthy of
note. In ii. 10 we read rd fx^prj riji Ai^vijs, in xix. 1 UavXos dieXdxcy
TO. avuTepiKo. /M^pr), and likewise in xx. 2 diiXduv to, /xiprj iKelva (said of
Macedonia)