‏ Acts 8:2

 Devout ( ευλαβεις ). Only four times in the N.T. (Lu 2:25; Ac 2:5; 8:2; 22:12). Possibly some non-Christian Jews helped. The burial took place before the Christians were chiefly scattered.

 Buried ( συνεκομισαν ). Aorist active indicative of  συνκομιζω, old verb to bring together, to collect, to join with others in carrying, to bury (the whole funeral arrangements). Only here in the N.T.

 Lamentation ( κοπετον ). Late word from  κοπτομα, to beat the breast, in LXX, Plutarch, etc., only here in the N.T.

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