{Washed their stripes} (elousen apo t(936e) pl(8867)(936e)).
Deissmann (_Bible Studies_, p. 227) cites an inscription of
Pergamum with this very construction of apo and the ablative,
to wash off, though it is an old verb. This first aorist active
indicative of lou(935c), to bathe, succinctly shows what the jailor
did to remove the stains left by the rods of the lictors (verse
22 ). Nipt(935c) was used for washing parts of the body. {And was
baptized, he and all his, immediately} (kai ebaptisth(8820)autos kai
hoi autou hapantes parachr(886d)a). The verb is in the singular
agreeing with autos, but it is to be supplied with hoi autou,
and it was done at once.
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