Saturday, August 19, 2023

Eric Svendsen on εως ου in Acts 21:26; 23:12, 14, 21; 25:21

  

The days of the purification rite which Paul observed (Acts 21:26) lasted only until a sacrifice was offered. Paul's Jewish adversaries vowed not to eat or drink anything until they had killed Paul (Acts 23:12; 23:14; 23:21); clearly they intended to eat afterwards. Likewise, Festus ordered Paul to be "kept" (πηρεισθαι, i.e., in Caesarea, as opposed to Jerusalem where the Jews wanted him tried, and in anticipation of his imminent journey to Rome where Paul wished to be tried) until he could send him to Rome (Acts 25:21); once he left for Rome he was no longer kept in Caesarea. (Eric D. Svendsen, "Who is My Mother? The Role and Status of the Mother of Jesus in the New Testament and in Roman Catholicism" [PhD Dissertation; Potchefstroom University and Greenwich School of Theology, November 2001], 36)