Acts 26:3 - Exposition

Thou art expert for I know thee to be expert, A.V. and T.R. Expert ; γνώστην , here only in the New Testament, but found in the LXX . applied to God, ὁ τῶν κρυπτῶν γνώστης : and 1 Samuel 28:3 and 2 Kings 21:6 , as the rendering of ינִעְדֹּיִ , a wizard. It is seldom found in classical Greek. According to the R.T., which is that generally adopted (Meyer, Kuinoel, Wordsworth , Alford, etc.), the accusative γνώστην ὄντα σέ is put, by a not uncommon construction, for the genitive absolute, as in Ephesians 1:18 . The m arginal rendering, because thou art especially expert, seems preferable to that in the text. Customs and questions . For the use of ἔθη and ζητήματα applied to Jewish customs and controversies, see Acts 6:14 ; Acts 16:21 ; Acts 21:21 , etc.; and Acts 25:19 , note.