ἐν�. אABC Edd. for ἠχούσης.

25. ἐν ἡλίῳ καὶ σελήνῃ καὶ ἄστροις. ‘In sun, and moon, and stars.’ The articles of the A. V[369] should be omitted. Comp. Acts 27:20. These signs are mainly metaphorical—the eclipse of nations and the downfall of potentates—though there may be literal fulfilments also. The language is that of the ancient prophets, Amos 8:9; Joel 2:30-31; Ezekiel 32:7-8, as in Revelation 6:12-14.

[369] A. V. Authorised Version.

συνοχή. Luke 12:50 and 2 Corinthians 2:4.

ἤχους. Thus accented the word is the genitive of ἧχος. If accented ἠχοῦς it is the gen. of ἠχώ. It is the objective genitive (perplexity about). The true reading is probably ἤχους, and the translation, “in perplexity at the roar of the sea and surge.” Comp. Psalms 46:4; Isaiah 5:30. The raging sea is the sea of nations, Jude 1:13; Revelation 17:15.

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