Act 14:3 | RWP | e4.org | Long time therefore ( ικανον μεν ουν χρονον ). Accusative of duration of time (possibly six months) and note μεν ουν . There is an antithesis in εσχισθη δε (verse ) and in verse ( εγενετο δε ). After the persecution and vindication there was a season of great opportunity which Paul and Barnabas used to the full, "speaking boldly" ( παρρησιαζομενο as in at Antioch in Pisidia, "in the Lord" ( επ τω κυριω ), upon the basis of the Lord Jesus as in . And the Lord Jesus "bore witness to the word of his grace" as he always does, "granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands" ( διδοντ σημεια κα τερατα γινεσθα δια των χειρων αυτων ). Present participle ( διδοντ ) and present infinitive ( γινεσθα ) repetition of both signs and wonders (note both words) just as had happened with Peter and John and the other apostles ( ; .; ; cf. ). The time of peace could not last forever with such a work of grace as this. A second explosion of persecution was bound to come and some of the MSS. actually have εκ δευτερου (a second time).

‏ Acts 14:3

Long time therefore ( ικανον μεν ουν χρονον ). Accusative of duration of time (possibly six months) and note μεν ουν. There is an antithesis in εσχισθη δε (verse 4) and in verse 5 ( εγενετο δε ). After the persecution and vindication there was a season of great opportunity which Paul and Barnabas used to the full, "speaking boldly" ( παρρησιαζομενο as in 13:46 at Antioch in Pisidia, "in the Lord" ( επ τω κυριω ), upon the basis of the Lord Jesus as in 4:17f. And the Lord Jesus "bore witness to the word of his grace" as he always does, "granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands" ( διδοντ σημεια κα τερατα γινεσθα δια των χειρων αυτων ). Present participle ( διδοντ ) and present infinitive ( γινεσθα ) repetition of both signs and wonders (note both words) just as had happened with Peter and John and the other apostles (2:43; 4:29f.; 5:12; cf. Heb 2:4). The time of peace could not last forever with such a work of grace as this. A second explosion of persecution was bound to come and some of the MSS. actually have εκ δευτερου (a second time).