10. νυκτ. κ. ἡμ. ... δεόμενοι] a partic. adjunct developing the main thought of the preceding verse. For the phrase νυκτ. κ. ἡμ. see 2:9 note, and for an interesting parallel, apparently from a heathen source (Intr. p. 64), to its use in the present passage cf. B.G.U. 246, 11 ff. (2.– 3./a.d.) οὐκἰδότες, ὅτινυκτὸςκαὶἡμέραςἐντυνχάνωτῷθεῷὑπὲρὑμῶν. Ὑπερεκπερισσοῦ (O.L. superabundantius, Ambrstr. abundantissime) is found elsewhere only in 5:13 and Ephesians 3:20. For the form see Buttmann p. 321, and for St Paul’ s fondness for compounds in ὑπερ- see Ellic. on Ephesians 3:20 and cf. the note on 2 Thessalonians 1:3. Δεόμενοι ‘ beseeching’ stronger than προσευχόμενοι, and embodying a sense of personal need. Except for Matthew 9:38 the verb is confined in the N.T. to Luke 15 and Paul6. It is very common in petitions addressed to ruling sovereigns as distinguished from those addressed to magistrates where ἀξιῶ is preferred, e.g. P.Amh. 33, 21 (2./b.c.) where certain petitioners appeal to Ptolemy Philometor and Cleopatra 2. to rectify a legal irregularity—δεόμεθʼ ὑμῶντῶνμεγίστωνθεῶνκτλ.: see further R. Laqueur Quaestiones Epigraphicae et Papyrologicae Selectae (1904) p. 3 ff. εἰςτὸἱδεῖνκτλ.] ‘ to see your face’— the εἰς phrase doing little more here than take the place of a simple inf. as obj. of the foregoing verb (Votaw p. 21). καταρτίσαι] Καταρτίζειν originally to ‘ fit’ or ‘ join together’ (cf. Mark 1:19 καταρτίζονταςτὰδίκτυα) is used in the N.T. especially by St Paul and in the Ep. to the Hebrews in the general sense of ‘ prepare’ or ‘ perfect’ anything for its full destination or use (Romans 9:22, 1 Corinthians 1:10, Galatians 6:1, Hebrews 10:5 (LXX.), 11:3), the further thought in the present passage of supplying what is lacking being suggested by the accompanying τ. ὑστερήματατ. πίστ. ὑμ. ‘ the shortcomings (Wycl. the thingis that failen) of your faith.’ For ὑστέρημα cf. 1 Corinthians 16:17, 2 Corinthians 8:13 f., 2 Corinthians 9:12; 2 Corinthians 11:9, Philippians 2:30, Colossians 1:24, and for πίστις see v. 2 note. Calv.: ‘ Hinc etiam pater quam necessaria sit nobis doctrinae assiduitas: neque enim in hoc tantum ordinati sunt doctores, ut uno die vel mense homines adducant ad fidem Christi, sed ut fidem inchoatam perficiant.’