1. Gotten from (arocrac3évtas). Withdrawn. Some see in the word an expression of the grief and reluctance with which they parted, and render having torn ourselves away. See on Luke xxii. 41.
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With a straight course. See on ch. xvi. 11.
92, Set forth (dvix Inuev). Or set sail. See on Luke vill. 22; v. 3.
3. Discovered (dvapdvayres). Better, sighted. A nautical phrase. The verb literally means to bring to light : and its use here is analogous to the English marine phrase, ¢o raise the land.
4. Finding disciples (avevpdvtes Tovs padntas). The verb means to discover after search ; and the article, the disciples, refers to the disciples who lived and were recognized members of the church there. The A. V. overlooks both the preposition and the article. The verb might be rendered strictly by our common phrase, “having looked up the disciples.” See on Luke ii, 16. A small number of disciples is implied in ver. 5.
5. Accomplished (éfapticaz). Only here and 2 Tim. iii. 17, where it is used in the sense of equip or furnish.
Children. The first time that children are mentioned in the notice of a Christian church.
Shore (aiyiadov). Rev., beach. See on Matt. xiii. 2. 6. Taken leave. See on ch. xx. 1. 7. Finished (dcavicaytes). Only here in New Testament.
Saluted. The word rendered take leave in ver. 6. See on Chinecxemle
8. We that were of Paul’s company. ‘The best texts omit.
Philip. See ch. viii.
The seven. The first deacons. See ch. vi. 5.
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11. Bound his own feet and hands. Imitating the sym- bolical acts of the Old Testament prophets. See 1 Kings xxii. 11; Isa. xx. 1-3; Jer. xiii. 1-7; Ezek. iv. 1-6. Compare John xxi. 18.
12. Besought him not to goup. This suggests the case of Luther when on his journey to the Diet of Worms, and the story of Regulus the Roman, who, being permitted to return to Rome with an embassy from the Carthaginians, urged his coun- trymen to reject the terms of peace, and to continue the war, and then, against the remonstrances of his friends, insisted on fulfilling his promise to the Carthaginians to return in the event of the failure of negotiations, and went back to certain torture and death.
13. lam ready (éroluas éyw). Lit., J hold myself in readi-