σπουδαίως. So אCD2*GP and the old Latin; the rec. text has σπουδαιότερον with D2cEKL, A reading σπουδαιοτέρως (possibly from a reminiscence of Philippians 2:28).

17. ἀλλὰ γενόμενος ἐν Ῥώμῃ, but when he had arrived in Rome. Cp. Acts 13:5.

σπουδαίως ἐζήτησέν με καὶ εὗρεν, he diligently sought me out and found me. It was probably no easy task to find one obscure prisoner, among the large numbers in bonds at Rome for various offences.

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Old Testament