subordinate clause introduced by ὅτι, “that,” is ἔλαβον, a verb with a wide range of meanings: “to take hold of,” “to receive or accept,” “to get or obtain,” “to make one’s own,” “to apprehend or comprehend [mentally or spiritually].” Second, it is difficult because this verb has no direct object to say what it was that Paul obtained or apprehended. As a consequence, many answers to the question have been suggested. (Further options in addition to what follows are mentioned by Bockmuehl, 221,