PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
The Pulpit Commentary — Acts — Volume 2
Arthur Charles Hervey [1808-1894] · 310,527 words · 337 reading sections
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HOMILETICS. Vers. 1-20.-TM ad""'nr,e. The founding of a Church at Ephesus, the capital city of Proconsular Asia-a great centre of Greek e.nd Asiatic life, civil, religious, and com- mercial, the seat of the famous temple of Artemis, the place of concourse of all Ionia for its celebrated games-is one of those great …
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history which sl1111l fill, not earth only, but heaven also \\ Ith endurin"' fruits of joy anrl 1nlvation. Let St Paul himself make the application: "Be ye steadfast, unmovable, nlways abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord" (1 Cor. xv. 68). Vcrs. 21-41.-Tl,…
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Vers. 1-7.-EssentiaJ but insujficient; 11aluable but temporary. We have here, in connection with the Christian faith and with Christian work- L THE EBSENTIAL BUT THE INSUFFICIENT. (Vers.1-6.) At Ephesus Paul met with disciples who had been baptized "unto John's baptism" (ver. 3), but who …
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givon us tl!nt which is bette_r, with which we m_ay well be content, :me! for the perf:c- tion of which we should strive and pray. lie gives us, as the consequence of our faith and as the response to olll believing prayer, quickening influences in the soul; a Divine action upon ond within the spirit, of the actual work…
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II. Tm!l BUCOEBB Ol" CIIBIBTIAl!f TRUTH, NOTWITHSTANDING. By the confession of Demetrius:" 'fhis Paul bath porsuaded an~ turned a.way much people," etc. (ver. 26). Thero may have been a note of exaggeration in his speech, but it is a. sig:::ificant fact that those "shrines" were in much smaller request in consequenc…
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_Vcrs. 8-20.- Work of Paul at Ephesus. Here we have the victory of the Divine "ord over the power of falsehood and evil in the minds of men. Such episodes show on a small ecale what the effect of the evangelical leaven is in the world on a large 11C&le. I. THE POWER 01' TRll GOSPBL BEEN IN THE ACTIVITY OP PAUL. It …
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freely made. We h1tve no right to force the secrete of the heart. Happy is it when they are volunteorecl, and when tho soul brought to itself thus of its own accord "gives glory to God." 3. Practical results. ,ve need not debate the question of tbe " confessional." More important is it to recognizo that genuine conf…
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Vers.1-i.-Practical sumplijication of Christian doctri11e. The principles involved in the case of Apollos might be lost sight of for lack of examples. He himself wa.s so distinguished. The Church needed to be taught by a more prominent and wider illus- tration. The distinctions insisted on by Paul essential to Christia…
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Vere. 21, 22.-Tlie purpose of a .fJreat heart. I. An exa.mple of INTENSE DEVOTED- NESS, 1. Ca.re of the Ohurches. Ba.d news from Corinth. Apostolic supervision required. Help for the poor saints at Jerusa.lem. 2. Love of souls. 'l'he message must be preached everywhere, even at Rome. 3. Self-sacrifice. 'fhe labours a.t…
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is here that it le found. And when we look a moment beneath the surface we discover ample justification for the epithet applied to these miracles. Let us observe- I. IN WHAT TIIE SPECIALTY OJI' THESE MIRACLES OONSI8TS. We are taucrht the answer in one verse. 1. They are wrought without the laying on of the hande of …
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<',·er, finae place now with the exorcist&. 2. They use that tfRmo to eupe!'lledc and 88 an <'X~rimeotal eub~titute for the name,or odious deccptiv~ practices! whaterer theyw:ere, winch they bad been aocustomed to uae. 3. 'l'hey do this for no h1gh-miudcd amblt1011s (even if erroneous) adventure, but doubtleBB for t…
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possiblo, out of memory itself. To this hardest thing of all God would gi vo his graci<Jug nnd effoctual help, for its very endoavour's sake.-B. Vere. 23--41.-A typical exMbition of hwman nature. Thi8 section of the histr,ry marks itself off-an episode which gave apostlel! and disciples, albeit in a very modified time…
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wisdom, and wiser by far than Demetrius at all events. So ends in smoke the work of wickedness, the world lincss of the worldly, the self-seeking and avarice of tho man who has far keener foresight for gain and money thau any ea.re, past, present, or to come for truth and re_ligion. The day has been uproar; the huma…
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persuasion, o.ncl instructfon are e.11 ta.ken from the manifested life of the Son of God. Ho "takes of the things of Christ, and reveals them unto us." Our Lord ea.id of him, "He shfLII receive of mine, and shall show it unto you." II. 'l'HE TRUTH OF THE HOLY GHOST, BEING THE HIGHEST TRUTH, IS THE ONE WHOSE PilAOTI…
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_Ver. 11.-7'7,e eallfor speci,a,1, mira&es. It should be carefully shown that Scripture m1rncks are never mere wonders, or displays of mere power. They are always signs, sod always wrought for the sa.ke of~ome immediate or prospective moral benefit. 'rhis may be affirmed, however singnlar the mere form of the miracl…
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so as to meet their prejudices o.nd persuo.de them. So teaching us that while we, mnst never misrepresent or prejudice God's truth, we must always seek ao to know men that we may ndnpt our presentations of truth to them, and meet them on their more impressionable sides.-R. 'f. Vere. 18, 19.-Signs of religious since1·i…
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conclusion, the teaching of our Lord about the foolishness of the tnan who would tako up a Christian profession, and does not "sit down first and count the cost."-R. T. Ver. 20.-The prevailing power of the Word. "So mightily grew the Word of the Lord and prevniled." Compare other Scripture figures; e.g. "His Word ru…
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"'!'hero wae B sacred month at Ephesus-the month of Diana---when a crreat religio11s gnthering took place to celebrate the public games in honour of the goddess. It wa~ the pleasant mo~th of May. Trad~ was brisk then at Ephesus, not only from the lnrge temporary mcrease of population, by the presence of provincials,…
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CHAPTER XX. there abode, A. V. ; a plot was laid against him by the Jews for when the Jewa laid wait for Ver. 1.-Hamng sent for ... and e:ihor/,ed him, A.V.; for forinto,.A.V.; detennilled for for called unto him, A. V. and T.R.; took purposed, A.V. (l-yl11er-o -yvcf,1-'1JS, R. T. ). When lea1'e of them, and departed…
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be the 1111me 11e Bosipater (Rom. xvi. 21), Po.ul once more met the disciple who he.d whom St. Paul oalls "his Jdnsmo.n," though guided him for the first time to Macedonia. some think "tho son of Pyrrlius" was Ho 8ttachedhim to his company again, and added to distinguish him from him. 'fhe thus secured as his companion…
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reader h81! stopped, makes a disooune, in Thie is still more clearly brought out in whi~b be instruct!! nud exhorts the people Mark v. 88, 89, "He beholdeth e. tumult 1o the imit&tion of the good deeds of which (8&pu/3ov), and many weeping and wailing 1hey have just heard. We then ell rise up groRtly. Aud , , . he B…
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not pnss the night at Snmoe, but "mnde a nocessity for a rcgnlar opiacopato arnse (s0e ehort run from thence in tho evening to eh. vi. 1-6; ll:iv. 23, etc.). 'frogyllium" (Alford)," tho rocky extremity Ver. 18.-Ye vounelve~ for ye, A.V.; set of the ridge of Mycalo, on tho Ionian coast, foot in for cam6 into, A.V.; w…
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chiefly to the Gl'ntilcs, nnd faith to the I know that yG all, eto. It Is a vory pcr- JC'ws ~•('e eh. ii. 3S; iii. 19; v. SI, eto.; pkxing ·quostion whether St. Pnul in this ]\lo rk 1. 15, etc.). st,ntoment spako with prophetic, and thore• Yer. 22.-Bcund in the spirit. T,ji fore infBllihle, foreknowledgo, or whether…
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the wants of his own soul. "Take hAed strengthened by the publicatfon by Ti- unto yourselves." Ho that is careless about schendorf, in 1SG3, of the Codex Sino.Hiens, his own salvation will never be carefnl and in 1867 of the Codex Vatican us, from his about tbo souls of others (comp. I Tim. iv. own collation. The resul…
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llHlllifestly wrong; ..-oh µnf/71-ri'u 11re Christ's precious deposit (,rapa9~ ni), to be preserved ,lieriplea. For the goneral statement see 2 safe unto the day of Christ. So the Bnviour 'l'im. iii. 6, "They which creep into houses of tho world, when dying on tho cross, anid, 11n<l lead captive silly womou;" 11nd comp…
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the wonk In faith of his disinterestedness in praise of the former chawctor c;l' tLe end of tho truth 1of his gospel, nnrl so he Corinthians, that they wore then ~liwv rocommonds tha elclers of the Church to fol- 11111&11-ru ~ l-..aµfl&vov-r,r, But he probably had low bis example, But the word here is uu8,- it from the…
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Vers. 1~8.-The charge. The previous section brought before us_ St, Paul's labours as a missionary and an evangelist. The present section sets him before us as the Christian bishop, delivering bis solemn charge to the presbyters of the ChUl'ch. 'l'he qualities brought out in the charge are a transparent integrity of cha…
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doubtloss some of the most saintly sufferings have been endured unseen by mortal or, nnd no pen hae described the scene. 11 If singing breath or echoing chord 'fo every hidden pang wero gi vcn, What endless melodies ,vcro poured, As sad as eo.rth, as sweet as heaven!" Le~ it be enough that one ey~ sees ~nd,,one hea…
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which they can survey with grateful pleasure. It wltB well with Paul, for when he lmd to turn his eye bac~war~ on I\ ministry which had been fulfilled, be could regard it with pure and ciev0ut grat1ficauon. 'l'hat we may stand in that enviable position in which he uow stood, we must be able to remember- !. LoWLY•ll…
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very puagcnt aad powerful feelings by mcaas of energetic oratory ; but these, if they ar'J not real, profound coavictioas, will be temporary, if not even mo111/Jntary; they are not the _esseati~I thiag. Repcataace wi~l, at ~oi_ne time, include strong feeling of abhorrence of sin, but 1t may not commence with v1v1d a…
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Vers. 28-31.-Paul at Mi7etus: the prospect whic'h pains. Pnul, pursuing his path of self-sacrificing devotion, going on to he knew not what dangers ahead, looking a. ,_-iolent death in the face, was calm, tranquil, even joyful. But the apostle, look in~ l0~ward to a distracted and injured Church, torn by false doctr…
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Vers. 1-16.-Scenes by the way. I. FUGITIVE SERVICE, "When they persecute you in one city, flee into another," bad said the Lord. But not as a hireliu;; who sees the wolf coming; rather as a brave warrior who retreats flghtin~. The brave retreat ll1ay reflect moro honour than the hopeless prolongation of warfare. \Ve ll…
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solemnly adjured to this by tho recollection of his own faithfulness to them. He is clear from responsibility in their regard; for he has not shunned to declare to them" the whole counsel of God." His ministry ~as been, not m11~el.v general, but p3.rticular, indi- viduul-to oach man's heart and conscience. He has disch…
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Vers. 13-16.-Troa.s to Muetu.s. A glimpse into the activity of Paul's life. I. His extraordinary E:t-."EEGY, Walking probably some twenty miles to Assos to meet the vessel. His independence of character. Although a man of strong affections, he loved to be alone sometimes. His purposes were maturely formed and resolute…
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of the evil with the good is the work of the "enemy " who sows the tares, not of the oridnal formation of the Church. fr. Th"FLUENCE OF THE SPillITUAL VIEW OF CHURCII LIFE. 1. On tboso who "feecl the Church," helping them to tnke heed to themselves and their flocks. 2. On tho individual members of the Church in the…
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the tendency, it is not necessary to fix 11ny blame on him, Nor on Paul. Who did not wish him to prolong lo.et words? What a spirit moved him I What a message he had, nnd bow much for years to come, for the souls of not a few and for the collected disciples t~ere, might depend_ on hi~ not omitting to say, and t,o say…
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be thw; 11ummarized and thus repeated: "Repentance toward God and faith toW&rd our Lord Jesus Christ." These two articles constitute the Christian magna charta, They_ clear the past, they give the key for the future and for all its hope and unfolding promise. " Repentance toward God" clears the very sky of human lif…
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the suggestion is sure to be of the most solemn and pathetic in equal proportions. And in every one of these respects it must be maintained that Paul is an example for o.11 Christian teachers and pastors, for all time. Whatever can be obtained by human instrnmentality out of the mysterious mass of humanity will be beat…
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I. THE CHRISTIAN SABBATH WAB A DETENTION, IN SPffiIT, OF THE OLDER JEWIBB SABBATH. What WIUl essential in the original institution was the dovotement to God of one <lay in seven. No import&noe attached to its being the first, or fourth, or 11oventh, as men may arbitrarily reckon the days of the week. The division of ti…
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of what is Raid and done. -4. Buch services need not be unduly limited or too eaaily altered in charncter for the sake of the young. 5. Such services should take into due account, and deal conRidemtely with, the physical infirmities of the young. It is possible, by securing variety in forms of worship, changing attitud…
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cnch particular occasion of intercourse or of worshipping ; tho vnluo of all services clependin~ directly upon a man's mood of soul, o.s won by home culturo. The profit of n hearer <lepends first and chiefly upon himself.-R. T. Vol'II. 21, 24.-Paul's tutimony. "Testifying . . . repentance toward God, and faith towa…
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II, ST. PAUL WAS AS TRULY lll0VED TO 00 FORWARD TO BUFFERING AB HE HAD BEEN TO oo FORWARD TO W0RJC, Recall the previous scene at 'froas (eh. xvi.), when the man of Macorlonia called the apostle to begin missionary labours in Europe. He had no doubt then that he was following the Divine lead; 0.nd he had no more doub…
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opposed to the corrupt Judaism of the rabbis-a formal and ceremonial system out of which all 11piritual life had gone. 2. Christ's truth wu opposed to paganism, both in its theories, principles, and practices. 8. Christ's truth ia made to appear opposed to 11cienoe, but only by the undue usumptiona and prejudiced bi…
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CHAPTER XXI. of coming down to land from the sea (see ver.3 in theT.R., and ch.xxvii. 3; xxviii.12). Ver. 1.-When it came to pasa that toe The snme conception of patting ont to sea were parted from them, and had set sail for it being e. going up, led to the phrase .,..,.,.,pos came to pass, that after toe were gotten…
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Phenicia, A.V.; aet ffll"l for aet forth, A.V. ,r-o~ii,v {iµ,wv meo.ne " Every pince on which Raving found a Bhip. The ehip in which you shall tread with the aole of your feet; " St. Pou! nnd hie companions had hitherto but the phraee /,r1flafv.,,. dt 'l•poucra>..~11 &Riled wns probably a coaeting-veeeel in- must surel…
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mentioned In the Old Tcstnmont. In 1 conciled? It must bo eithe,r hy snppo,ing ME100. v. 16, 22 and elaowhoro it is co.lied, 11s (1) that the gift of prophecy spoken of hi,ro here, I'tolemais, hnving roccivecl the nElme and in 1 Cor. xi. 5 was exerciHed in pri vat,, from one of the Ptolcmies, probably either only; or…
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fore, it is too strong ILU expression t.o 81LY • to remo-..1," whioh glvee no good 1ense "many daye." Aooording to Lewin'e oal- here. culstion, he was only five da.ye a.t CaiSILl'lllL Ver. 16.-And there tl!fflC for tkere toent, -from May 10 to May 15. Howson's A.V.; from for of, A.V.; bringing for and "some days,''…
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God whloh WIIS with him. And now he 1 Ver. 23.-Whioh have a vow; meanin,., 0 pours his tBle into the ears of the chief emphatically the vow of a Nazarite. pastor of the mother 0hurch of Jerusalem, Ver. 2-1,.-These for them, A.V.; /or them and those of the Jewish elders. A tale of for with them, A.V.; shall know for may…
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It R.lso marks distinctly the upright and into the f:emple," with the ido& 11upplled, honourRble conduct of Jarues, and the oon- "and remained there," or "came there oord of the apostles. daily;" supposing that it wae the custom Ver. 26.- Went for eni,ered, A.V.; dh- for Nazaritea to finish up their time of clar-ing t…
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Oentllea, which w11s not in the ll'Y1ov. The 4); e.nd therefore the two chains a.re not to be hp&v, which is often used in o wider sense understood of cha.ins on his hands a.nd feet, of the whole Bron, is here restricted to the with Kuinoel, but, a.a in the caso of Petor, //,"1 10 v (see eh. iii. I, note). nut lbe o.cc…
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AaAoii"·n 'A(.,.,.,,,.,.1, and Ob1r •lo-)., br,- eurgents at different periods of au lneurreo- -y,,,,f,•o-1ro,,.,.u ll.11ll.,w 'loull11itrrl, in Neh. ll:iii. 2i. tion ; aud partly because it is vory possible But otben (Meyer, Alford, eto.) aay that that a soldier like Lyeiu would mice no count there is no ellipse of…
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clearly what are the purposes that ought to yield to the pressure of adverse circum- stancos, a1~<l :,vhat aro thoso that mu!,t be carried ~u~ to their end at all risks and at any cost; nnd 1t 1s the true test of manlmess and Chr1st1an princi pie to adhere to these last in spite of the persuasions of friends or the …
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to conform to his brethren's practice in this matter. Whatever may have been his spcculRtiYc opinion, he was willing to give to the Jewish community the public proof aBked for_ b_y St. Jo.mes, that "he himself also walked orderly and kept tho Law,' and actr,ally Jomed the four NaZ&rites in their vow and was at charges …
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etc. (var. 4). Unrloubteclly the disciples at Cmsare11 based their dissuasions on tb~ announcements of Agnbu.q (ver. 11), and they probably pleaded with no little force, that the Divine intimation of danger was given on purpose th~t the imper..ding evil might be averted. Often with us, now, human affection has much to …
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Vere. 27-40.-Fa11.aticism and d1NOredness. It is impossible not to read theso verses with a smile of contempt in view of the folly and guilt of fanaticism, and, at the same time, \\ith a smile of satisfaction in new of the calmness and nobility of Christian zeal. I. THE FOLLY Al."D THE GUILT OF F'ANATIOISH. 1. Its fo…
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prophecy (iii. 1), They present the type or the calling or e.ll Christian women tn appropriate forms of Christian service. HI. AoADUB AND THE omDLE OIi' PAUL. He gives e. symbolic prophecy of comin,z trio.I. The girdle migl1t be o. symbol of complete dedication to the service of the Lord Josue and of his gospol--of…
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,cc the way to promote the kingdom of God in eo doing; but e.t the same time, we mnst Lio nothing to fe.vour the opinion that such things are necessary to salvation, In tho whole epis0Jc we me.y see the victory of love that "seekcth not her own" over bigotry and narrow-mindedness; thus a forecast of the union of Israel…
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ncnrt nnd prep11red him to en.counter the temptations from weaker brethren. At Tyre tho great crisis of his faith came much nearor. Disciples said," Set n,) foot in ,Jcrn- snlem." The conflict was betwcon the voice of the Spirit in tho purpose of his heart, nod the prophetic warnings of coming danger which he could not…
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lay at the root of the trouble ; he knew it, and it helped him w be etron" in faith, Cbrist would protect his own ambassador. "' II. Tim ORAllGEB AGAINST HUI WERE UTTERLY FALSE. He raised no opposition to tbc Law. He never defiled the temple. Trophimus the Gentile had not been brought there. The enemies of truth alway…
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Ver. 16.-.A biography of honour, written in a name and title only. The slight obscurity attaching to the rendering of this verse diminishes in nothing its interest and instructiveness. Whether the verse purports to say that the disciples of Cresarea. journeying with Paul and his companions brou~ht them to Mnason as the…
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