The Acts of the Apostles

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xxvii. 21. Here the jmev is not followed by ^e.
xxvii. 21-26 (from totc onwards) ; xxvii. 31
xxvii. 33-38 (from TrapeKoXei onwards) are explained
by Wellhausen as interpolations.
xxviii. 1, 2. It is somewhat inexact that the
clause : eireyvco/uiev on MeXiri; ^ vtjcrog KaXelrai should
come before the meeting with the inhabitants is
mentioned. Prolepsis.
xxviii. 10. Again an instance of prolepsis. The
friendly offices of the Maltese at the time of embarkation
are mentioned too soon, seeing that this embarka-
tion did not take place until after three months.
xxviii. 14. Another instance of prolepsis. The
arrival in Rome is mentioned too soon ; it is not in
place until verse 16.
2. The second half of the book (omitting the
We-sections).
xvi. 4. Ta9 iroXei^ . . . TrapeSiSoa-av avroig.
xvi. 22. Why does not St. Paul now appeal to
his Roman citizenship ?
xvi. 23, 24. efiaXov eig (f)v\aKt]v . . . e^aXev
avTOv^ €ig Trjv icrcorepav (pvXaKrjv the repetition here
is awkward.
xvi. 27. The jailor is about to kill himself,
although no one could accuse him of anything, and
although he could not yet have known whether the
prisoners had escaped or not.
xvi. 28. It is difficult to see how St. Paul could
have marked the purpose of the jailor, or how he could
have known that all the prisoners were still there.
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