Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
That I be not further tedious unto thee (ina mh epi pleion se enkoptw). Koin‚ verb (Hippocrates, Polybius) to cut in on (or into), to cut off, to impede, to hinder. Our modern telephone and radio illustrate it well. In the N.T. (Acts 24:4; I Thessalonians 2:18; Galatians 5:7; Romans 15:22; I Peter 3:7). "That I may not cut in on or interrupt thee further (epi pleion) in thy reforms." Flattery still.
Of thy clemency (th sh epieikeiai). Instrumental case of old word from epieikhv and this from epi and eikov (reasonable, likely, fair). "Sweet Reasonableness" (Matthew Arnold), gentleness, fairness. An epieikhv man is "one who makes reasonable concessions" (Aristotle, Eth. V. 10), while dikaiov is "one who insists on his full rights" (Plato, Leg. 757 D) as translated by Page.
A few words (suntomwv). Old adverb from suntemnw, to cut together (short), abbreviate. Like dia braxewn in Hebrews 13:22. In N.T. only here and Mark 16 (shorter conclusion).
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Acts 24:4:
Acts 24:4
Romans 15:22
2 Corinthians 10:1
Galatians 5:7
Ephesians 3:3
Philippians 4:5
1 Thessalonians 2:18
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