{Took him by the hand} (epilabomenos t(8873) cheiros autou).
Kindly touch in Lysias, _ut fiduciam adolescentis confirmaret_
(Bengel). Note genitive with the second aorist middle (indirect,
to himself) of epilamban(935c) as in Lu 8:54 with krat(8873)as which
see. How old the young man (
eanias) was we do not know, but it
is the very word used of Paul in 7:58 when he helped in the
killing of Stephen, a young man in the twenties probably. See
also 20:9 of Eutychus. He is termed
eaniskos in verse 22 .
{Asked him privately} (kat' idian epunthaneto). Imperfect
middle, began to ask (inchoative).
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