Galatians:1:14

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rwp @Galatians:1:14 @{I advanced } (\proekopton \). Imperfect active again of \prokopt “\, old verb , to cut forward (as in a forest ), to blaze a way , to go ahead . In N .T . only here , strkjv @Romans:13:12 ; strkjv @2Timothy:2:16 ; strkjv @3:9 ,13 |. Paul was a brilliant pupil under Gamaliel . See strkjv @Phillipians:3:4-6 |. He was in the lead of the persecution also . {Beyond many of mine own age } (\huper pollous sun ˆliki “tas \). Later compound form for the Attic \h ˆliki “t ˆs \ which occurs in Dion Hal . and inscriptions (from \sun \, with , and \h ˆlikia \, age ). Paul modestly claims that he went "beyond " (\huper \) his fellow-students in his progress in Judaism . {More exceedingly zealous } (\perissoter “s z ˆlot ˆs \). Literally , "more exceedingly a zealot ." See on ¯Acts:1:13 ; strkjv @21:20 ; strkjv @1Corinthians:14:12 |. Like Simon Zelotes . {For the traditions of my fathers } (\t “n patrik “n mou paradose “n \). Objective genitive after \z ˆlot ˆs \. \Patrik “n \ only here in N .T ., though old word from \pat ˆr \ (father ), paternal , descending from one 's father . For \patr “ios \ see strkjv @Acts:22:3 ,14 |. Tradition (\paradosis \) played a large part in the teaching and life of the Pharisees (Mark:7:1-23 |). Paul now taught the Christian tradition (2Thessalonians:2:15 |).

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