Luk 1:64 | RWP | e4.org | Immediately ( παραχρημα ). Nineteen times in the N.T., seventeen in Luke. Opened ( ανεωιχθη ). First aorist passive indicative with double augment. The verb suits "mouth," but not "tongue" ( γλωσσα ). It is thus a zeugma with tongue. Loosed or some such verb to be supplied.

‏ Luke 1:64

Immediately ( παραχρημα ). Nineteen times in the N.T., seventeen in Luke.

Opened ( ανεωιχθη ). First aorist passive indicative with double augment. The verb suits "mouth," but not "tongue" ( γλωσσα ). It is thus a zeugma with tongue. Loosed or some such verb to be supplied.