2. UNLEARNED. IGNORANT
2. UNLEARNED. IGNORANT
Both and are translated ‘unlearned,’ but there is a difference between them. Both words occur in Act 4:13; the rulers of Israel perceived Peter and John to be “unlearned (.) and ignorant (.) men. (from a neg. and , ‘a letter’) occurs nowhere else in the N.T., but occurs in Joh 7:15: “how knoweth this man ‘letters’?” and in Act 26:24; “much ‘learning’ doth make thee mad.” These instances show that signifies ‘unlettered.’
(from , ‘one’s own’) has a different signification: it is applied to private persons in distinction from those who are officials or professionals, and so to simple or uninstructed persons. The apostle asks how such a one could say Amen to the giving of thanks by one speaking in a tongue, not understanding what was said, 1Co 14:16; and in 1Co 14:23-24 he is classed with unbelievers. The word occurs also in 2Co 11:6, where Paul maintains that though he may be simple, or untrained, in speech, he is not so in regard to knowledge