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Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

Matthew 26:22

λυπούμενοι seems a weak word, and the addition of the evangelist's pet word σφόδρα does not make it strong. None of the accounts realistically express the effect which must have been produced. ἤρξαντο helps to bring out the situation: they began to inquire after some moments of mute astonishment. μήτι ἐγώ, etc., can it be I? expecting or hoping for a negative answer; yet not too sure: probably many of them were conscious of fear; even Peter might be, quite compatibly with his boldness a little later.

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