Acts 13:41 - Exposition

If one for though a man, A.V. "Though" best expresses the ἐὰν and the יךּ of the Hebrew. The passage is quoted nearly verbatim from the LXX . of Hebrews 1:5 . The difference from the Hebrew arises from the LXX . having read in their copy מיִדְגבֹּ , proud, arrogant men ( καταφρονητάι ) , for מיוֹגּבַ , among the heathen, as is clear from their rendering the Hebrew דגֵוֹב , in Habakkuk 1:13 and Habakkuk 2:5 , by the same word ( καταφρονοῦντας and καταφρονητής ) . The rendering καὶ ἀφανίσθητε , and perish, for the Hebrew וּהמָתְּ , is not so easily explained. The two best explanations seem to be