στόμα, γλῶσσα : both connected with ἀνεῴχθη, though the idea of opening is applicable only to the former a case of zeugma. The return of speech a second marvel or rather a third: (1) a child of old parents; (2) the singular name; (3) the recovery of speech, much marked, and commented on among the denizens of the hill country of Judah (διελαλεῖτο). φόβος, not terror, but religious awe in presence of the supernatural characteristic of all simple people.

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Old Testament