Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
By the handmaid (ek thv paidiskhv). From Genesis 16:1. Feminine diminutive of paiv, boy or slave. Common word for damsel which came to be used for female slave or maidservant (Luke 12:45) or doorkeeper like Matthew 26:29. So in the papyri.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
John 8:33
Hebrews 12:22
1 Peter 3:9
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