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The Pulpit Commentary — Acts — Volume 2
Arthur Charles Hervey [1808-1894] · 310,527 words · 337 reading sections
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THE PULPIT COMMENTARY, EDITED BY THE VERY REV. H. D. M. SPENCE, D.D., DEAN OF GLOUCESTER; AND BY THE REV. JOSEPH S. EXELL, M.A. WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY THE VERY REV. F. W. FARRAR, D.D., F.R.S., DEAN OF CANTERBURY. RIG RT REV. H. COTTERILL, D.D., F.R.S.E. VERY REV. PRINCIPAL J. TULLOCH, D.D. REV. CANON G. RAW…
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the two visits. The apostlea and elden. A.V., as in eh, -rif. 2, etc.; you for 111, A.V. This pl.iraee marks the constitution of the and T.R.; by my mow,th tits Gentila for iJI{ ~verning part of the Church of JernB&lem. Gentiks by my moti1Ji, A.V. Questioning. The addition in vers. 22 and 23 of "the It was a repetit…
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"Tum, pie Iate gre.vem e.o meritia Ii forte from Am01 ix. 11, 12, ii quoted, not very yirum 'luem exactly, though with no change of senae, Crom ARpexere, silent, e.rreotisque e.uribl18 ad- the LXX., where it ends with the worde 1te.nt." "s?ith the Lord, who doeth all these things,': ('lEneid,' i.152.) •~ Ill theA.V…
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U appli011 to those that should hereafter turn oontmction or St1vanue, like Lnoaa for a.e well 88 to thOBe who were already turned. Lucanua. In the Aots he ia al wa.ys oalled Ver. 20.-The pollutiom for pollutions, Silas, in the Epistles of St. Paul and St. A.V.; tohat u 1trangled for thinga 1tT-angl~, Peter, Silvanu…
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lllltion whioh made him yield to the influen<1e that St. Luke uses the word here in ita of the emisBRriea of J11mea (Gal. ii. 13). common medical sense. In medical writers Who W'BII c11lled. It might seem odd tl111t -Galen, Hippocrates, eto.-the 1rap0Euuµor this deacription of John sbonld be repeated is equivalent t…
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Ver. 40.-Dut for and, A.V.; wont /O'T'th with the epistle addressed to them by tho for depaTted, A.V.; commended for recom- apostles and elders of the Church of Jern- mended, A.V.; to for un!-0, A.V.; the L<nd salem (ver. 23), as we see from eh. xvi. 4 for God, A.V. nnd T.R. Chose Bile.s, If was the case. Confirming; a…
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their nation, flattered their pride, incl'el\sed their self-importance, left the prejudices of theiI childhood undisturbed. But the gospel as preached by Paul the,v could not and would not accept. The cA'ntroversy on the other eide was waged with fairness and firmness combined. St. Paul's large experience, both of t…
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that they should take John Mark as their companion. Here we eeem to detect tl,e entrance in of human motives. Hie partiality for his cousin ; possibly the foelin.~ that his own softer character needed the support of a steady ally to enable him to hold his own against the strength of Paul's will; possibly too some le…
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n. IN WHAT UNINVITING LAllOU118 FIDELITY M:AY INVOLVl!I us. How different from evangelizing risks and toils, and from the fraternal intercourse which followed tbeee, how much beneath both the one 11.nd the other, how mu.eh more uninviting t.his contro- versy with false brethren, narrow-minded, mistaking 11. rite who…
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when each side owes it to the other to make concession. The spirit that strives only for victory is not the spirit of Christ. We should, a.s his disciples, count it e.n honnnr and a joy to concede, when we conscientiously can do so, to Christian brethren who differ from us. III, THAT WE MAY LEAVE UNIMPORTANT MATTER…
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a living One, even J8Bus Christ. It is, indeed, to honour his Name (seo text), but it ie also and chiefly to exalt and extol him and make him very high (lsn. Iii. 13) in the estimation and affection of the world, that hie servants strivo and suffer. 2. Ourselves and all that we have are his due; therefore our lives, w…
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his willingness to give another chance to a young man, his reluctance to exclude from noblo service a man who had made one mistake, Each was animated by a commend- able spirit, though each may have gone too far in his own course. Often when we unsparingly condemn, it would be well to remind ourselves and others that th…
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proceeding t.o a oonferenoe with the papista, "Bring me the little word BOl<J, i.e. tJlone, faith Oflly, back~r oome not back at all I" 2. They told good news on the way. They told of the oonversion of the heathen, and the news was reoeived with great joy, Here we.s e. great argument for Paul, gathered on the way, So d…
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The true patriot le the true philanthropist; the loyal adherent of his Church the beet friend of uni versa.I. Christianity and progre&11.-J. Vers, 22-29.-Decislon of the CO'!M!Cil at Jerusalem. Tb•ioi, the first council of the Church, is generally considered an example for all times. I . .AN EXAMPLB OJI' CHRISTIAN PR…
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Vel'II. 1-21.-The first council: spiritual liberty established. The controverey between a corrupt Judaism and the go~pel of Christ certain to be brought to a oriels. 'l'he conversion of Se.ul, taken in connection with hie special mission to the Gentiles forced the matter on the attention of the Church. The scene of …
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111. THE JIEAilT IB or,EANBED BY FAITH. The contrast between tho ol,1 covenant and the now. The truth accepted becomes the power of God unto salvation. Spiritual cleansing differs from: 1. Mere ritual purification. 2. Mere nominal separ;ition from the world by an external life. 3. Mere slavish obedience to the letter o…
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I. THE PIMPLE QUESTION ITSELF AT IS~UFl. Gontil€s he.ve mnny great signn and 'l\•onders wrought amongst them, of which they are 'by no means simple bchohlcrs, They therusel,:es are "a great part of them." 'l'hey are believed in multitmlcs of cases to have become true converts to the new faith. 'l'he apostolic verdic…
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miRsionnry ticlingR. These carried volnmce of conviction, Rnd were well fitted to do so. Men listen still womlcrfully in preached sermons to facts and relia.ble history. It is thcsu which weigh, too, with the unsophisticated and the mass. And with what keen- ness of attention nnd almost sympathetic pride they listen…
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L O1'"E ELE~rn:KT OF THE RESPECT DUE TO SCRIPTURE. This is to compare Scripture with Scripture. The slight hint of eh, xiii. 13 lies for a while like ll chance seed dropped in chance ~oil. But now it has appeRred above ground, and it takes ehnP£ and colour, and buds with meaning. Ch. xx. 39 furnishes us with another…
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who eond Po.ul forth, nnd their "recommending him to the grace of God." These thrco things are welcome rcliefs in th~ m~dst of !" scene not attractive in its main aspcots. Would that ns much redeeming 1mprcss1on could be found in other cases of "sharp contention n among Christian brethren and fellow-labourers in the sa…
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IV. THE EFFORT TO RESTORE AGAIN THE OLDER IDEA. Truths and practices which have long absorbed the interest of men do not die without a struggle. Some cham- pionR linger on, _a~d show fight at every opportunity. A we:i.lth of iuterests gather round every rehg10us system, and generations must p:tss before these can be…
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hearts of both alike." He further reminds them what a heavy yoke the ,Jewish Lo.w had proved for many generations; how than½ful they were to be relieved from the legal bondage by the salvo.tion offered through faith; and how unreasonable it would be to aUcmpt to imposo on others a burden. which neither they nor thei…
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many and various testings, but we could not feel that it was perfect, e.nd Indeed the infinite example, if he had not kept H through the trial of that agonizing death. He not only " hazarded," he actually yielded his life in maintaining that obedience. Dy the same test Barn0bas and Paul had been proved, and in their…
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were no longer bincling, but that the Christian liberty ought to be set under safe, prudent, and mutually accepted rules and restraints. 'l'he laying on Gentile Christia.us of the old Judaic burdens wns unreasonable. But the laying on them of burdern coming from the relations of Christian principles to the sins and …
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Vere, :51-39,-Contentions and separations. It is sometimes a weakness of dealing 26 TllE ACTS OF 'l'RE .APOSTLES. [oH. :I.V, 1-41. ----------------------- ------------ with Scripture charactere that " inspiration " is not distinguished from "perfection." 'l'he place of human infirmity in divinely endowed men is not su…
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EXPOSITION. flentrem. And it contd be done without OHAPTEil. XVI. prejudice to the rights of Gentile converts Ver. l.-And he came also for then came as establi.,hcd in the decrees of which St. he, A.V. ancl 'f.R.; to Lystra for Ly~tra, Paul was bearer. Because ofthe Jews; not A.V.; Timothy for Timotheus, A.V.; of a …
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time was not yet come. It was the purpose his third missionary journey on hie way from of the Holy Ghost that the Galrltinn Aclmia to Jerusalem (oh. xx. ll, 6), where we Chur~hes should he founded first, and then find him still with the npostle (oh. xx. 17, th<.> Churches of Mncedonie. and AchRia. 18). We again find…
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you come to in Mnccdonin" (Cony boo.re nnd the R.V., but more nearly o.s the A.V., Howson, Alford, Dengel, etc.). The R. V. where a prayer-meetinlJ (of the Jews) ma• Aoems to trilce 1!-r1r l,nl . , . Ma1«6ovlar accustomerl to be helrl; i.e. this particnlar 1r&A,r togethor, o.nd 1rprfi-r 11 -rijr µ,p/6or as spot was the…
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bE>n11tif11! epooimen of true hospitnlity; comp. the nnckfln spirits who orfo,t out to Jesus, 1 P<'1.. iv. 9; Heb. xiii. 2; 1 Tim. v. 10; "Thou art the Son of God" (Mllrk i. 23-20; 8 John 5-8; Riso 2 Kin~ iv. 8-10, where, iii. 11; Luke i\/, 84, 35;; o.nd St. Paul's however, the Gre,•k word for "oon~tmined" dealing w…
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-r 11 -yal, I.e. the prmtors. Philippi, bein::t B of criminals l\nd 011tcaste or @o~icty; tho colony, Wllll gov~rned by Rornnn rnogistrates mi.Jnight hour; and not groans, or cme1Js, coiled dnumvm, corresponding to the two or complaints, but joyous trustful wings or consul~ ot Romo. But we lrnrn from Cicero pra~se r…
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rend~r('d "with all hie house," oooure only oiln8 Romanua. But nothing more la known here ID the New Testament. But it is used about it. It does not nppear why their by the LXX. in Exod. i. land elsewhere, and exemption IU! Roman citizens wea not made by Josephus, eto. The more elassi.e.o.l form good before; bu·, pr…
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'l'he event fully justified his expectations. Not Luke, the beloved physician• not Silas the faithful brother and indefatigable evangelist; not Titus, his "own so~ after th; faith," w:ere greater helps and, comforts to hi~ than_ this yo~ng disciple from the rude community of Lystra. In him he had one hke-mm•ed with him…
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Paul wonld be forthooming, when hie life dropped, to take up and carry on hie apoetollo work ; and therefore we may l!Uppose that, to economize Paul's laboun1, God dealt with him in the extraordinary way of direct injunctions and prohibitions. He was sent at once to sow the seed in the ground that would receive it. He …
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integrity, living for one object-the presentation of truth to the minds of men for their present and eternal good, W o cannot detect in them one single selfish purpose-neither the love of gain, nor the love of power, nor the love of praise, nor the love of ease. What we can detect-it stares us in the face-is an inte…
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crnngeliz11tion tb1111. of securing the ground which they bad taken. This Is Christian wisdom, The two complementary works should always go together; one will mlnistor to the other; one cannot shine without tbo other. II. THE REW ARD OF THE CHURCH, This is twofold, 1. To glean individual t-eaults. True and keen must h…
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ls this which c1metitutes the most eloquent appeal to take them that enlightening truth which will awake them from their shameful apathy, inspire them with a. manlier &nd nobler hope, and satisly them with B treasure which cannot fade, with a. joy that a.bides for ever, with B life which is eternal and Divine. Unchrist…
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Vel'B. 16-25.-Jiliw trufhsftv,m Philippi. We lea.m- l. ri:HAT _&&ORED TRUTH 18 SOMETIMES FOUND ON IRREVERENT LIP!!, ( Ver. 17.) 1. Sometimes in mockery, as with this poor Philippian slave. She probably canght up the words she h_eard Paul use, and in the spirit of ribaldry uttered them again. So men have sometimes p…
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all around. How these men, whose mouths, if opened at all, doubtless rJoured forth oaths nnd curses, must hrLve been struck with surprise, and perhapM smitten with shame, to hco.r these two prisoners singing psalms of praise! If our Christian life be not the poor, ill-fed, shallow etreamlet It '"':a'!/ be, but the well…
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no sufficient Investigation; they h111l not RScertained the citizenship of the prisoner, at the bar; and now they have to pay for their preoipitanoe. They send a sneaking mcs!'llge to the prison, "Let those men go; 'thus virtu11.lly confessing themselves in the wrong. Then when Paul refused to be thus dismissed, and…
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II. SPECIAL ENCOURAGEMENT FOR CHRISTIAN MOTHERS, 1. How mnny exnmplres hnve we not of devout mothers in the Old and New Testaments I Hannah, the mother of Samuel; Mary, the mother of Jesus; Salome, the mother of Zebedee's children; Eunioe, the mother of Timothy. And with these may be compared Monica, the mother of Augu…
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if any m11.n wi_ll," etc._ . True work■ of a heart divinely 11.nd graciously opened are named. Here 1s humility-ehe eubmits herself to the judgment of Christians more 11.dVBIJoed. 'leachableness, _thar.kfidnus to God, bu.,;y love IUld kindness, the ~etting o/ a good example. She ded1oates her house, with herself, to…
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of the church, but behind the barred doors of the dungeon I ~:weet are "songs in th~ night" t It is suffering which wrings the very soul of music from the heart; and to the pmyers thus uttered, o. deep Amen echoes in heaven. III. D1VINl!I POWER MADE MANIFEST TO SENSE AND BPIRrr. 1. The w;rthq1mke. ThiH Wrt8 the outwar…
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11end to beg the apostles to depart. Thus they receive their diamlesal, " Go in peace I " from the lips of friend and foe alike--from t.he friends to whom they have brought peace and salvation; from the foes who dare not touch the anointed of God; from the Master \Jimeelf, who has been with them in their trouble, whose…
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Ver. o.-The cry o/ a peri.~liing W01'ld after CJhriBt, "And a vision," etc. I. HUMANITY WITHOUT TIIE aoBPEL, The MB?edonia.n life representative. 1. The social failure of Rome. 'fhe corrupt state of society. The loss of liberty. The lack of real advancement, Help required in every department of men's lives. 2. 'l'he i…
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of A higher power. The oredulity of men Wll8 made a eouroe of sordid traffio both by phi](lsophy and false religion. Hence the trouble in the mind of Paul. It WBB not for his own S&ke, but for the gospel's. . I. TRUTH l>"EED~ NO FALSEHOOD TO HELP IT, The Church of Rome has acted very differently. Had 1t not been stopp…
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Vera. 1-5.-.Apostolic devotion owned. The opening two little words of the fifth verse must not be neglected. The fifth verse does not merely summarize the incidents narrated in the preceding four verlies. It connects them as effects with their just causes, or with that which was in part, and as matter of fact, their ju…
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ll. THE ABl!OLUTE ERROR INVOLVED IN NOT SEEKING, OR NOT FOLLOWING, THE TRAOKB oF THE SPmrr. Ill. TJra OLEAB DIBECTION THE 8PmIT MAY BE RELIEI) ON TO <llVE TO A REALLY FERVENT LOVE, EARNEST PURPOSE, AND ACTUAL ZEAL, IV. THE CO~'FIDENCE THAT MAY BE msPIRED, AMID ALL THE WEAKNESS OF A llEBB HUMAN HEART, IN TIIE UNERRIN…
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was M yot sealed, shut. There me.y 'be eome light, some knowledge, some movement and lifo of conscience in e. Person, e.nd yet the heart itself be shut to the pure tnith of God e.nd of the son 1. (1) Sin mny keep shut the bean. (2) '!'he pride of nature may obBtruct it. (3) Stolid be.bit may fearfully_ close i!, (4)…
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be) is i:efueed by the Spirit of truth and by the true themselves, who will not encourage the eV1l that ~oorl may come; on the other hrmd, how their designed injury ie b~tilked; but finRlly how, from all the humbling mournCul scene a victory "in the !'Rrne of the Lord Jes~" was won by Paul. Whatever it was tha.t' wa…
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Ver. 1.-The character of 7'imotlty. This young man was so clnsely associated with tho Apostle Paul, and with such completo_ sympathy sharer! hie thoughts ;in,! his work, that he deserves e. careful Rtudy, and his character will he found to have points of intoreet from which important practical lessons may be drawn. He …
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their Old Testitment I\Ssociations. The Spirit of God in the prophets mnst have been to them the model nnd the foreshadowing of their larger gift. And this must hnve heen their chief thnught. All Christ's p,1nple are prophets; the Spirit of God dwells in them nll, anrl is the Inspiration of nil they say and the Gnide o…
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wol'k of gm.co. Mother, friend, minister, he.ve the simple power of agency; none ot: them co.n, by o.ny endeavours, reach to the heart and effect tho saving chan:;e. Ill ns- tra.to by the wa.y in which the florist produces new colours and new varieties of Bowel'. Ilo carefully puts the pollen grnins on the top of tho p…
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that the great physician Hippocrates attributed epileptic disease,, to possession by Apollo Cybele, Poseidon, eto. "At this period, 1md long before, people of this clnss-usually women-were regArded as prophetesses, inspired by the Pythian Apollo." "As a fortune-teller and diviner, this poor girl was held in high est…
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years of suffering than thnt of our English missiona.rie1." With their wounrls untended, St. Paul 1md Silas were roughly thrust into the inner prison, a. foul and loathsome duncreon, there to sit for hours with cramped limbs, shivering in the dampnesR and cold~ Everything in their circumstances was against them, and ye…
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'!:BAN TO CHRIST.. Many are like Lot-they will not do just what the angel-messenger connnand~, tJ1cy will seek_ for ~ome little city near to which they may flee; but there 11re uo Zoars now for scckmg s1nnera, they must floe to the mountain. Show some of the ~nbtle refu~~ in ~-hich awakened souls try to find shelter a…
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EXPOSITION. division by .lEmilius Panlns (eh. :ni 12, CH.APTER XVII. nr,te), and in the time of Theodosiue the Ver. 1.-Arnphipolis, This was the Younger, when Macedonia cousisted of two a.ncient capital of that division of Mace- provinces, it was the capital of Macedonia donia (Macedonia Prima); see eh. xvi. 12, Pr…
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statement with historical fact &B pointed out In ver. 12 we have 'rio• .~"XTll'.S"°'" la above. There is said to ho.,•e been twenty- the same eenae as the .,...,., "P"'""'" in thl1 two Jewish synagogues nt TheualoniM verse. nner the expulsion of the Jews from Spain Ver. 5.-Jmoe for Jews tohich belie1Jed no', in the…
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ae coextonalve with the ho.bitnble globe (see eqnivalent. The object of going to the era., vcr. 31; eh. xix. 20; xi. 28, nolo). se~enteen miles from Derceo., 'II as to to.ke Ver. 7.-Act for do, A.V. Received; l.11. s~1p for Athens. This be piobo.bly <licl as the woru ~,ro6lxoµa, al ways means "re- 01tl,er at Py<lno. o…
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of whe.t iB probe.hie, not by the letter or the another and .. babble them inditrerently In ne.rrativ0 (see fu1 t!,er noto on eh. xviii. 5). all compe.niea" (Johnson'a • Dictionary,' Yer. 16.-I'rovoked tDi/J,in for elirred in, under " Dabble"). A setter forth of atrange A.V. (,rcipa,!J1•rTo: see oh. xv. 29, note); g…
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Ver. 21.-Now for /or, A.V.; thr, ~!rangers them for that ~,.,,,~11,µovla which it was the enjnur11ing there for strangers ii:l11r;h ~ere whole ohject or hiR sermon to conrlemn. o;erc, A. V. Spent their time, T_h1e '-?1vee Joacphus (' Contr. Apion.,' i. 12) calls the the general sense, but the mnrgrn ot tl,e I Athenian…
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