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Epictetus and the New Testament - College of Stoic Philosophers

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PHRASES SIMILAR OR IDENTICAL.<br />

common in N.T. in <strong>the</strong> same sense, <strong>and</strong> especially<br />

in St. Paul's writings, e.g. Rom. iii. 4.<br />

6. 8o/c(o followed by dative <strong>of</strong> 1st person singular<br />

in <strong>the</strong> sense <strong>of</strong> * I think.'<br />

E.<br />

(jroXv vr) Aia Ta>v iiWcov<br />

TOVTO a^(LVOv) doKOi flOL (/Cf-<br />

KTrj(r6ai).—Bk. II., ch. xii.,<br />

§ 21.<br />

'<br />

I really do think (that<br />

this is a much better possession<br />

than <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>rs).'<br />

N.T.<br />

iyoi fiiv ovv €%)^a (fxavTco<br />

(npos TO ov<strong>of</strong>ia ^Irjaov r<strong>of</strong>;<br />

Na^twpai'ov Seti/ TroXXa evavria<br />

irpa^ai).—Acts xxvi. 9.<br />

' I verily thought (that I<br />

must do many things in<br />

opposition<br />

to <strong>the</strong> name <strong>of</strong> Jesus<br />

<strong>of</strong> Nazareth).'<br />

7. a

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