{Wherein} (en h(9369)). "In which thing" (manner of life).
{They think it strange} (xenizontai). Present passive
indicative of xeniz(935c), old verb (from xenos, stranger), to
entertain a guest ( Ac 10:23 ), to astonish ( Ac 17:20 ). See
also 4:12 . "They are surprised or astonished." {That ye run not
with them} (m(8820)suntrechont(936e) hum(936e)). Genitive absolute
(negative m(885c)) with present active participle of suntrech(935c),
old compound, to run together like a crowd or a mob as here (just
like our phrase, "running with certain folks"). {Into the same
excess of riot} (eis t(886e) aut(886e) t(8873) as(9374)ias anachusin).
Anachusin (from anache(935c) to pour forth) is a late and rare
word, our overflowing, here only in N.T. As(9374)ias is the
character of an abandoned man (as(9374)os, cf. as(9374)(9373) in Lu
15:13 ), old word for a dissolute life, in N.T. only here, Eph
5:18 Tit 1:6 . {Speaking evil of you} (lasph(886d)ountes).
Present active participle of lasph(886d)e(935c) as in Lu 22:65 . "The
Christians were compelled to stand aloof from all the social
pleasures of the world, and the Gentiles bitterly resented their
puritanism, regarding them as the enemies of all joy, and
therefore of the human race" (Bigg).
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