applied to a part only of the mockers. Compare Xen. Hell. 1. 2. 14, οἱ αἰχμάλωτοι … ᾤχοντο ἐς Δεκέλειαν, οἱ δʼ ἐς Μέγαρα· Cyr. 3. 2. 12; and see Poppo, Xen. Cyr. p. 292, Bremi, Demosth. p. 273 (Jelf 767. 2). Similarly, in Mt. 28:17 we have first the general statement, οἱ ἕνδεκα μαθηταὶ … ἰδόντες αὐτὸν προσεκύνησαν: that this, however, refers only to the greater part, is clear from the words which follow, οἱ δὲ ἐδίστασαν.1 In L. 9:19, οἱ δέ would regularly refer to the μαθηταί
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