68 J. A. Robinson, Ephesians, p. 215.
66The actual word for “girdle” (ζώνη, Lat. cingulum) is not here used.
67Cf. C. Hodge, Ephesians, pp. 383-84; E. K. Simpson, Ephesians, pp. 147-48.
68J. A. Robinson, Ephesians, p. 215.
69Gk. ἑτοɩμασία (cf. Ezra [LXX 2 Esdr.] 2:68; 3:3; Zech. 5:11).
70Gk. βέλη . . . πεπυϱωμένα.
71Livy, History 21:8. The flaming missile would penetrate the skin and linen covers of the shield and stick in its wooden core, setting it alight.
72E. G. Selwyn, The First Epistle of St. Peter, p. 238.