be a partial fulfilment in the flight of the believers to Pella for safety when the Son of Man came in the destruction ot Jerusalem; but the word carries our thoughts far beyond any such subordinate fulfilment to the fulness of blessing for body and soul which the verb expresses on the lips of Christ; cf. Luke vii. 50. And so St. Luke places in the forefront of Acts as of his Gospel the thought of Jesus not only as the Messiah, but also as the Σωτήρ, Luke ii. 14; cf. Psalms of Sol., iv., 2 (Ryle and James).
Ver. 22. ᾿Ισραηλῖται: the tone of St. Peter throughout is that of a man who would win and not repulse his hearers, cf. v. 29, and so he commences the second part of his speech, in proof that Jesus was both Lord and Christ, with a title full of honour, reminding his hearers of their covenant relation with God, and prepar- ing them for the declaration that the covenant was not broken but confirmed in the person of Jesus.—’l. τὸν Ναζ., ‘“‘the Nazarene,” the same word (not Ναζαρηνός) formed part of the inscription on the Cross, and it is difficult to believe with Wendt that there is no reference to this in St. Peter’s words (cf. προσπήξ- avres, vv. 23 and 36), although no doubt the title was often used as a description of Jesus in popular speech, iv. 1Ο, xxvi. 9. No contrast could be greater than between “Ingots the de- spised Nazarene (6 N. οὗτος, vi. 14) dying a felon’s death, and ᾿Ιησοῦς Χριστός, ν. 38, ὑψωθείς, v. 33, no longer upon the Cross, but at a seat on the right hand of the Father (cf. John xii. 12); again the marvellous change which had passed over St. Peter is apparent: “If Christ had not risen,” argues St, Chrysostom, ‘‘how account for the fact that those who fled whilst He was alive, now dared a thousand perils for Him when dead? St. Peter, who is struck with fear by a servant-maid, comes boldly forward” (so too Theophylact).— ἄνδρα ἀποδεδειγ. ἀπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ εἰς ὑμᾶς, ‘“a man approved of God unto you,”
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