Verse 6
when, &c . = not (Greek. me . App-105 ) having found them.
drew = were dragging. Greek. suro. See note on John 21:8 .
brethren . The believers of Acts 17:4 .
unto = before. Greek. epi. App-104 .
rulers of the city . Greek. politarches, compound oi polites, citizen, and archo, to rule. Only here and Acts 17:8 . The noun or the corresponding verb is found in many inscriptions in Macedonia, five of them in Thessalonica. One on an arch spanning a street to-day, where seven politarchs are recorded, and amongst them Sosipater, Secundus, and Gaius, names identical with those of Paul's friends (Acts 19:29 ; Acts 20:4 ).
turned . . . upside down . Greek. anastatoo. Only here, Acts 21:38 . Galatians 1:5 , Galatians 1:12 . Compare anastasis. App-178 .
world . Greek. oikoumene. App-129 .
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