Acts 1:12 . τότε : frequent in Acts and in St. Luke’s Gospel, but most frequent in St. Matthew; on its use see Grimm-Thayer, and Blass, Gramm. des N. G. , p. 270.— ὑπέστρεψαν : a word characteristic of Luke both in his Gospel and in Acts, occurring in the former over twenty times...
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Acts 1:12 . τότε : frequent in Acts and in St. Luke’s Gospel, but most frequent in St. Matthew; on its use see Grimm-Thayer, and Blass, Gramm. des N. G. , p. 270.— ὑπέστρεψαν : a word characteristic of Luke both in his Gospel and in Acts, occurring in the former over twenty times, in the latter ten or eleven times. Only in three places elsewhere, not at all in the Gospels, but see Mark 14:40 (Moulton and Geden, sub v. ); Friedrich, ubi supra , p. 8. On the Ascension see additional note at end of chapter.— τοῦ καλ . Ἐλαιῶνος : ubi captus et vinctus fuerat . Wetstein. Although St. Matthew and St. Mark both speak of the Mount of Olives they do not say τοῦ καλ . (neither is the formula found in John 8:1 ). It is therefore probable that St. Luke speaks as he does as one who was a stranger to Jerusalem, or, as writing to one who was so. Blass, ubi supra , pp. 32, 84, contends that Ἐλαιῶνος ought to give place to ἐλαιῶν , which he also reads in Luke 19:29 ; Luke 21:37 (W.H[102] Ἐλαιῶν , and in Luke 19:37 ; Luke 22:39 , τῶν Ἐλαιῶν , in each case as genitive of ἐλαία ), the former word being found only here and in Josephus, Ant. , vii., 9, 2. But it is found in all the MSS. in this passage, although falso . cum cæt. , says Blass. Blass would thus get rid of the difficulty of regarding Ἐλαιών as if used in Luke 19:29 ; Luke 21:37 as an indeclinable noun, whilst here he would exchange its genitive for ἐλαιῶν .