The Acts of the Apostles

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25). Aaoffj as a rule, has as its antithesis to, eOvrj,
and so in xxvi. 17, 23 they are expressly opposed
to one another (e/c tov \aou koi ck tcov eOvwv—tw
re Xau) koi roh eQvecnv, cf. iv. 27). Only in one
passage does Xaog signify Christians, namely, in xv.
14 (XajSeiv e^ eOvoov \a6v), the word as it occurs
in xviii. 10 (Siori Xaog ecrTi juloi TroXvg ev t^
iroKei ravTii) can scarcely be regarded as approaching
this use.
No distinction can be drawn between the different
parts of the book in regard to the use of the word. Its
absence from the we-sections is accidental. In his use
of TO. eOvrj and 6 Xao? St. Luke, the Gentile Christian,
has kept quite closely to the idiom of the Septuagint.
The fact that in the book the Christians are never
called o Xao^ is a strong argument for its high
antiquity.
"EWrjve^ (ten OP eleven times) and 'EWijvia-Tai
(twice).
The former word, which is wanting in the synoptic
gospels (it occurs, however, thrice in St. John), appears
five times in the Acts in the combination—frequently
met with after St. Paul
—
'lovSalcov re koi 'KWrjvcov
(xiv. 1; xviii. 4; xix. 10, 17; xx. 21)—in the first four
places the author is speaking, in the fifth St. Paul. By
its combination with 'lovSatoi the word received a wider
significance, so that it almost coincides with to, edptj
(it is not, however, till the fourth century that the
process is completed and oi^EXXi^i^e? = the Gentiles).
Apart from combination with ^lovSaioi the word occurs