{Righteous} (dikaios). In the Jewish sense as in Lu 1:6 2:25 . {Well reported of} (marturoumenos). Present passive
participle as in 6:3 . Cf. the other centurion in Lu 7:4 .
{Nation} (ethnous). Not laou, for the speakers are Gentiles.
{Was warned} (echr(886d)atisth(885c)). First aorist passive of
chr(886d)atiz(935c), old word for doing business, then consulting an
oracle, and here of being divinely (word God not expressed)
warned as in Mt 2:12,22 Lu 2:26 Heb 11:7 . Then to be called
or receive a name from one's business as in Ac 11:26 Ro 7:3 .
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