Presence (mpoowrov). Lit., the face.
20. Which before was preached (tov mpoxexnpuvypévor). But the best texts read mpoxeyeipicpévov, appointed. Compare ch. xxii. 14. Used by Luke only, ch. xxii. 14; xxvi. 16. The verb originally means to take in hand.
21. Of restitution (amoxatactdcews). Only here in New Testament. The kindred verb, to restore, occurs Matt. xvii. 11; Acts i. 6, ete. As a technical medical term, it denotes complete restoration of health ; the restoring to its place of a dislocated joint, etc.
Since the world began (a7 aidvos). The American Re- visers insist on from of old.
23. Shall be destroyed (é£odAo0IpevIncerar). Only here in New Testament. Rev., “wtterly destroyed,” giving the force of é€&, out.
25. Covenant (dtaIjxns). See on Matt. xxvi. 28.
Made (6vé9er0). The Rev. gives covenanted in margin. The noun covenant is derived from the verb dvatiéInw, originally to distribute or arrange. Hence to arrange or settle mutually; to make a covenant with.
26. His Son Jesus. The best texts omit Jesus. Render servant for son, and see on ver. 13.
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1. Captain of the temple. It was the duty of the Levites to keep guard at the gates of the temple, in order to prevent the unclean from entering. To them the duties of the temple- police were entrusted, under the command of an official known in the New Testament as “the captain of the temple,” but in Jewish writings chiefly as “the man of the temple mount.” Jo- sephus speaks of him as a person of such consequence as to be sent, along with the high-priest, prisoner to Rome.
Came upon (érréorycav). Or stood by them, suddenly. Com- pare Luke xxiv. 4; Acts xxii. 20; xxiii. 11. Of dreams or visions, to appear to.
2. Being grieved (dvatrovotmevor). Only here and ch. xvi. 18. The Rev. renders the force of d&@ by “sore troubled ;” vexed through and through.
The resurrection. The Sadducees denied both the resur- rection and a future state. “In the Gospels the Pharisees are represented as the great opponents of Christ; in the Acts it is the Sadducees who are the most violent opponents of the apostles. ‘The reason of this seems to be, that in the Gospels Jesus Christ came in direct collision with the Pharisees, by unmasking their hypocrisies and endangering their influence among the people; whereas the apostles, in testifying to the resurrection of Christ, opposed the creed of the Sadducees. Perhaps, also, in attacking the apostles, who taught the resur- rection of that Jesus whom the Pharisees had persecuted and crucified, the Sadducees aimed an indirect blow at the favorite dogma of their rival sect” (Gloag, “ Commentary on Acts”).
3. In hold (eds rHpnow). A somewhat antiquated rendering. Better, as Rev., in ward. See on 1 Pet. i. 4.
4. The number was about five thousand. Translate éyevndn as Rev., came to be; indicating the addition to the original number of the many that believed.
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7. What power—what name. Lit., what sort of power; what kind of name.
Have ye done. The ye closes the sentence in the Greek with a contemptuous emphasis: you people.
12. Salvation (7) cwrnpia). Note the article: the salvation ; the Messianic deliverance.
13. Boldness. See on freely, ch. ii. 29.
Perceived (catadaBopuevo.). The word, meaning originally to seize upon or lay hold of, occurs frequently in the New Testa- ment in different phases of this original sense. Thus, to appre- hend or grasp, Eph. iii. 18; Philip. iii. 12, 18; Rom. ix. 30: of seizure by a demon, Mark ix. 18: of something coming upon or overtaking, John xii. 35; 1 Thess. v. 4: of comprehending, grasping mentally, as here, Acts x. 843 xxv. 25.
Unlearned (aypduparoc). Or, very literally, wnlettered. With special reference to Rabbinic culture, the absence of which was conspicuous in Peter’s address.