Acts 22:20 - Exposition

Stephen thy witness for thy martyr Stephen, A.V.; consenting for consenting unto his death, A.V. and T.R.; keeping the garments for kept the raiment, A.V. Consenting ; συνευδοκῶν (above, Acts 8:1 ; Luke 11:48 ; Romans 1:32 ; 1 Corinthians 7:12 , 1 Corinthians 7:13 ). It is also found in I Mace. 1:60; 2 Macc. 11:34, 35. Of them that slew him ( τῶν ἀναιρούν των αὐτόν ). ἀναιρέω , in the sense of "to kill," is a favorite word of St. Luke's ( Luke 22:2 ; Luke 23:1-56 . 32; Acts 2:23 ; Acts 5:33 , Acts 5:36 ; Acts 7:28 ; Acts 9:23 , Acts 9:24 , Acts 9:29 ; Acts 10:39 ; Acts 12:2 ; Acts 13:28 ; Acts 16:27 ; Acts 22:20 ; Acts 23:1-35 . 15, 21, 27; Acts 25:3 ; Acts 26:10 ); but elsewhere in the New Testament only Matthew 2:16 and 2 Thessalonians 2:8 , R.T. It is frequent in the LXX . and also in medical writers in the sense of "taking away" or " removing. "