{Inquired} (eputheto). Second aorist middle indicative of
punthanomai. {Began to mend} (kompsoteron eschen). Second
aorist ingressive active indicative of ech(935c) (took a turn, got
better) and comparative of adverb komps(9373). Arrian (_Epictetus
iii. 10.13) has komps(9373) echeis from a physician, "Thou hast it
fine," "Thou art doing finely." The papyri give several similar
examples. Komps(9373) (neat) is from kome(935c), to take care of. {At
the seventh hour} (h(9372)an hebdom(886e)). The accusative case without
a preposition as in  Re 3:3 , though we have peri h(9372)an enat(886e)
(about the ninth hour) in  Ac 10:3 . See the accusative also in
 Ex 9:18  	aut(886e) t(886e) h(9372)an aurion (tomorrow about this hour).
The accusative has the notion of extension and can be thus
loosely used. It can even mean here "during the seventh hour." In
verse  53  the locative is more exact, "at that hour" (en
ekein(8869) t(8869) h(9372)(8369)). The seventh hour would be (Roman time) seven
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