Relating to 1 Timothy
Translation
16 For surely he did not take hold of [1] the angels, but he took hold of the seed of Abraham to make it his own.Commentary[1] ????????????? to take hold of, grasp, catch. When followed by a genitive, as is the case here, it can entail the idea of taking hold violently of something or someone, in order to make ...
Translation2 So, when he was brought before him, the proconsul was inquiring whether he was the man. When Polycarp [a] confessed that he was the man, the proconsul began appealing to repudiate the Christian faith [b] saying, "Have some regard [c] for old age," and so forth [d] (as they are accustomed to say), [e] "Swear an oath to the ...
