δίκαιος : “sensu Judaico” (Blass), cf. Luke 1:6; Luke 2:25; Luke 23:50. μαρτ., see on Acts 6:3. τε closely joins it, as confirming the judgment. On construction with ὑπό in inscriptions, Deissmann, Neue Bibelstudien, p. 95. ἔθνους τῶν Ἰ.: ἔθνος in the mouth of Gentiles, cf. Luke 7:5 and see above on Acts 4:25. ἐχρηματίσθη : “was warned of God,” R.V., Matthew 2:12; Matthew 2:22; Luke 2:26, cf. Hebrews 8:5; Hebrews 11:7, and Jos., Ant., iii., 8, 8; see Westcott, Hebrews, p. 217. For use of the active in LXX, see Jeremiah 33 (26) 2, cf. also Acts 11:26. ἁγίου : only here with ἀγγέλου, expressing the reverence of these pious men (Weiss).

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