Acts 3:10 - Exposition

Took knowledge of him for knew, A.V. Wonder and amazement ( θάμβος ); any very strong emotion of awe, or admiration, or astonishment. It occurs elsewhere only in Luke 4:36 , where it describes the awe and amazement which came upon those who witnessed the casting out of the unclean spirit from the man in the synagogue at Capernaum. The verb θαμβέω occurs in Acts 9:6 in the T.R., and is rendered "astonished" in the A.V., but is omitted in the text of the R.V.; elsewhere only in Mark 1:27 ; Mark 10:24 , Mark 10:32 . ἕκθαμβος occurs once in Mark 10:11 of this chapter; and ἐκθαμβέομαι in Mark 9:15 ; Mark 14:33 ; Mark 16:5 , Mark 16:6 ; ἔκστασις , an ecstasy, mostly used of a state of transport, as Acts 10:10 ; Acts 11:5 ; Acts 22:17 . But in the LXX . ( Genesis 27:33 ), Mark 5:42 ; Mark 16:8 ; and Luke 5:26 , it is used, as here, for a violent emotion of astonishment and amazement.