COMMENTARY.

V.1. An apostle of Jesws Christ.—The word apostle is used in three senses in the New Testament. 1. In its primary sense of messenger, John 13, 16 (the mes- senger), he that is sent is not greater than he that sent him, Phil. 2, 25, your messenger. 2 Cor. 8, 23, mes- sengers of the churches. ᾿Απόστολοι ἐκκλησιῶν ; Tov- τέστιν, says Chrysostom, ὑπὸ ἐκκλησιῶν πεμφθέντες. Theophylact adds καὶ χειροτονηθέντες. 2. In the sense