Acts 25:24
Which are here present with us ( ο συνπαροντες ημιν ). Present articular participle of συνπαρειμ (only here in N.T.) with associative instrumental case ημιν.Made suit to me ( ενετυχον μο ). Second aorist active indicative of εντυγχανω, old verb to fall in with a person, to go to meet for consultation or supplication as here. Common in old Greek and Koine. Cf. Ro 8:27, 34. See εντευξις (petition) 1Ti 2:1. Papyri give many examples of the technical sense of εντευξις as petition (Deissmann, Bible Studies, p. 121). Some MSS. have plural here ενετυχον rather than the singular ενετυχεν.
Crying ( βοωντες ). Yelling and demanding with loud voices.
That he ought not to live any longer ( μη δειν αυτον ζηιν μηκετ ). Indirect command (demand) with the infinitive δειν for δε (it is necessary). The double negative ( μη--μηκετ ) with ζηιν intensifies the demand.
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