{He was numbered} (sunkateps(8870)histh(885c)). To the Jews the lot
did not suggest gambling, but "the O.T. method of learning the
will of Jehovah" (Furneaux). The two nominations made a decision
necessary and they appealed to God in this way. This double
compound sunkataps(8870)hiz(935c) occurs here alone in the N.T. and
elsewhere only in Plutarch (_Them_. 21) in the middle voice for
condemning with others. Sunps(8870)hiz(935c) occurs in the middle voice
in Ac 19:19 for counting up money and also in Aristophanes.
Ps(8870)hiz(935c) with dapan(886e) occurs in Lu 14:28 for counting the
cost and in Re 13:18 for "counting" the number of the beast.
The ancients used pebbles (ps(8870)hoi) in voting, black for
condemning, white ( Re 2:17 ) in acquitting. Here it is used in
much the same sense as katarithme(935c) in verse 17 .
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