The Pulpit Commentary on Acts 23:29

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Found for perceived, A.V.; about for of, A.V. Questions; ζητήματα, only in the Acts, where it occurs five times (Acts 15:2; Acts 18:15; Acts 23:1-35. 29; Acts 25:19; Acts 26:3). St. Luke also uses ζήτησις (Acts 25:20), as does St.

Paul four times in the pastoral Epistles (1 Timothy 1:4, T.R.; 1 Timothy 6:4; 2 Timothy 2:23; Titus 3:9).

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