Act 21:34 | RWP | e4.org | Some shouting one thing, some another ( αλλο αλλο τ επεφωνουν ). Same idiom of αλλο αλλο as in which see. The imperfect of επιφωνεω , to call out to, suits well the idiom. This old verb occurs in the N.T. only in Luke and Acts (already in ). When he could not know ( μη δυναμενου αυτου γνωνα ). Genitive absolute of present middle participle of δυναμα with negative μη and second aorist active infinitive of γινωσκω . The certainty ( το ασφαλες ). Neuter articular adjective from α privative and σφαλλω , to make totter or fall. Old word, in the N.T. only in ; ; ; ; . Into the castle ( εις την παρεμβολην ). Koine word from παρεμβαλλω , to cast in by the side of, to assign soldiers a place, to encamp (see on ). So παρεμβολη comes to mean an interpolation, then an army drawn up ( ), but mainly an encampment ( , ), frequent in Polybius and LXX. So here barracks of the Roman soldiers in the tower of Antonia as in verse ; ; , , .

‏ Acts 21:34

Some shouting one thing, some another ( αλλο αλλο τ επεφωνουν ). Same idiom of αλλο αλλο as in 19:32 which see. The imperfect of επιφωνεω, to call out to, suits well the idiom. This old verb occurs in the N.T. only in Luke and Acts (already in 12:22).

When he could not know ( μη δυναμενου αυτου γνωνα ). Genitive absolute of present middle participle of δυναμα with negative μη and second aorist active infinitive of γινωσκω.

The certainty ( το ασφαλες ). Neuter articular adjective from α privative and σφαλλω, to make totter or fall. Old word, in the N.T. only in Ac 21:34; 22:30; 25:26; Php 3:1; Heb 6:19.

Into the castle ( εις την παρεμβολην ). Koine word from παρεμβαλλω, to cast in by the side of, to assign soldiers a place, to encamp (see on Lu 19:43). So παρεμβολη comes to mean an interpolation, then an army drawn up (Heb 11:34), but mainly an encampment (Heb 13:11, 13), frequent in Polybius and LXX. So here barracks of the Roman soldiers in the tower of Antonia as in verse 37; 22:24; 23:10, 16, 32.