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 {There} (ekei). That is par' humin (among you). A party
in the church that resisted emperor-worship, to the death in the
case of Antipas, yet were caught in the insidious wiles of the
Nicolaitans which the church in Ephesus withstood. {Some that
hold} (kratountas). "Men holding" (present active participle of
krate(935c)). {The teaching of Balaam} (	(886e) didach(886e) Balaam).
Indeclinable substantive Balaam ( Nu 25:1-9  31:15f. ). The point
of likeness of these heretics with Balaam is here explained.
{Taught Balak} (edidasken t(9369) Balak). Imperfect indicative of
didask(935c), Balaam's habit, "as the prototype of all corrupt
teachers" (Charles). These early Gnostics practised
licentiousness as a principle since they were not under law, but
under grace ( Ro 6:15 ). The use of the dative with didask(935c) is
a colloquialism rather than a Hebraism. Two accusatives often
occur with didask(935c). {To cast a stumbling-block} (alein
skandalon). Second aorist active infinitive (accusative case
after edidasken) of all(935c), regular use with skandalon
(trap) like 	ith(886d)i skandalon in  Ro 14:13 . Balaam, as
Josephus and Philo also say, showed Balak how to set a trap for
the Israelites by beguiling them into the double sin of idolatry
and fornication, which often went together (and do so still). {To
eat things sacrificed to idols} (phagein eid(936c)othuta). Second
aorist active infinitive of esthi(935c) and the verbal adjective
(from eid(936c)on and 	hu(935c)), quoted here from  Nu 25:1f. , but in
inverse order, repeated in other order in verse  20 . See  Ac
15:29  21:25  1Co 8:1ff.  for the controversy over the temptation
to Gentile Christians to do what in itself was harmless, but
which led to evil if it led to participation in the pagan feasts.
Perhaps both ideas are involved here. Balaam taught Balak how to
lead the Israelites into sin in both ways.

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