{Ye were led away} (apagomenoi). The copula (8874)e is not
expressed (common ellipsis) with the participle (periphrastic
imperfect passive), but it has to be supplied to make sense. Some
scholars would change hote (when) to pote (once) and so
remove the difficulty. {Unto those dumb idols} (pros ta eid(936c)a
ta aph(936e)a). "Unto the idols the dumb." See Ps 95:5-7 for the
voicelessness (a-ph(936e)a, old adjective, without voice, ph(936e)(885c))
of the idols. Pagans were led astray by demons ( 1Co 10:19f. ).
{Howsoever ye might be led} (h(9373) an (8867)esthe). Rather, "as often
as ye were led." For this use of h(9373) an for the notion of
repetition, regular _Koin(825f) idiom, see Robertson, _Grammar_, p.
974. Cf. hopou an in Mr 6:56 .
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