I Fter theſe things, Paul departed from Athens, and came to 4 Corinth
a The Metropolis of Ach11a, being a rich Sea-Town, - and
ſcituate in the very 1thmus which joyns Poponeſics unto Achai,
made a Roman Colony, and now Houriſhing with learned men,
Here Sr. Paul gathered a famous Church, unto which he wroce ewo
| of his Epiſtles.
2 And found a certain Jew named * &4quila, born p in *Ro. 11.2, Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his Wife Priſcilla 1 Cor: 16» (becauſe that Claudius had commanded all Jews to de. !”*
part from Rome) and came unrothem.
b A Country between Cappadorta and the Black S2a, Ads 2.9, whicher the Progenitors of Agquilz, in one of the diſperſions, might flee from Fade ro inhavic there. c The Romany Emperor, who, art the beginning of his Re1yn gave liberty ro the Jews treely to Exerciſe their Religion, bur abour et, hr years Ifrer took away chat priviledge from them, which $#:t9n125 makes mention of, chough very much miſtaking che reaſon; With che Fews,*cis thoughr that the Chriſtians were-aniſhed roo tor che Pagan Romans did nor care to diſtinguiſh bervixt them, chey boch worſhipping bur one God, and agreeipg'in oppoſing their Idolatry,
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not teach his Child a Trade, does as bad as if he did teach him to play
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1. becauſe he would not be burdenſome unto them, they being
probably moſt mean perſons that believed there, As appears,
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Chap, X VIII. T he 1 Cor. 1.26. Or, 2. That he might ſhew how rhar he did nor cover theirs, bur them; and ro gain noching bur Souls amongſt chem. Yer he afſerced his r:ghr, and the right of Miniſters, by Divine appointmenr, to live ot the Golpel, 1 Cor. 9g. 6, 11, 12. f Tents were uſed by Soldiers, and in thoſe hor Countries by others alſo, being uſually made of Skins ſewn together to keep off the violence of the weather.
4 And he g reaſoned in the ſynagogue every ſabbath, and h perſwaded. the Jews, and the ; Greeks.
2 Or, Argued and Diſputed, giving his Reaſons out of Scripture, and anſwering their O>jeRions, h nor only ufing cogent Argu- ments; bur, as ſome underſtand the Verb, ſuch as did prevall upon them. # Not ſuch as were of the Jewiſh race, and after the diſperſion uſed the Scripture in the Gre& Tongue 3 bur ſuch as were Gertile-Greeks, Greeks by deſcent.
5 And when Silas and Timotheus k were come from Macedonia, Paul was / prelled in ſpirit, and teſtified
5 the unto the Jews, that Jeſus || was #» Chriſt.
& According as was ordered by him, Chap. 17. 14, Is- | More then ordinarily affeted, the Spirit of ntluencing his Spirit ; ſo that he felr an anguiſh or pain at the hearr, (a5 2 Cor. 2. 4+) ſuch was his grief for the contumacy of the Fews 3 ſo great was his
j Or, Chriſt,
Wt deſire thar they might be ſaved. » 1. The Chriſt, or Anointed wet! | that excelled all other Chrifts or Anointed ones, being anointed 4 with Oil above meaſure. 2. The Chriſt that was promiled by the
j Prophets, | *Ch.13.44 6 And * when they oppoſed themſelves, # and blal-
FMat.10. phemed, heo+ ſhook his raiment, and ſaid unto them,
yl k Your blood be p upon your own heads; 9 Il * am clean :
'2s _ * from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles. _
PE s They blaſphemed Pay/, miſcalling of him, bur eipectally Chriſt, whoſe diſhonour grieved Paul moſt, 0 His upper Garment, 25 the manner was, Matt. 25. 65. thar none of the duft of that place where ſuch blaſphemy was ſpoken, might ſtick unto him. See Chap. 13. $1. p Or you are guilty of your own deaths and damnation, 2 Sam. 1. 16. Matt. 27. 25. Felo de ſe this expreſſion is borrowed from the Witneſles laying their hands on the head of the guilty Perſon 3 or the Sacrificer's laying his hand on the head of the Beaſt which was to be ſlain, Exod, 29. 10, Lev. 1. 4. 4q Free from their blood, or the loſs of their Souls, having warned them,
4 OR and ſhewn the way of Life unto them, Extk, 33-4. He had blown
Kc | the Trumpet, and warned the People. :
RA 7 © and he departed thence, and entred into a cer-
tain mans houſe, named r Juſtus, one thar s worſhipped
God, whoſe houſe joyned hard to the ſynagogue.
#1 Some read Titus, ſome both Tits and Juſtus, making Fi/tus a ſirname, as Ads 1. 23. Col. 4. 11. after the manner ot the Romans, s Had forſaken the Polytheiſme of the Heathen,
8 * And Criſpus * the chief ruler of the ſynagogue, believed on the Lord with all his houſe : and « many
of the Corinthians, hearing, believed, and were bap- tized.
t There were ſeveral Rulers in a Synagogue, which we find fre- quenr mention of, as Matth. 9.18. Mark 5. 22: Their Office and Place was to adviſe, and give order about the affairs of the Syna- gogue, that ail things might be performed according to their preſcri- £14 UMM bed Rules; # amongſt whom ate reckoned Gains, Soſthents, 1 Cer. P0110 Bf I, 1. and Epenetiis, Rom. 16. g. ; :
2L4 *Ch,23.17 9 Then * ſpake the Lord to Paul in w the night by a viſion, Be not afraid, but ſpeak, and x hold not thy peace : :
w As Chap. 16. 9. it may be an Angel. x 'Tis doubled again and 7gain, as of greateſt conſequence, 1. To the Corixthians, whoſe Saivarion by this means might be procured, 2. To Paxl himſelf, whoſe Sou} whoſoever ſhould be delivered, he having | | diſcharged his duty, Chap. 20. 26, 29. The fierceneſs of the
7.207 encmies of God, and his Truth, ſhould kindle a greater fervour in bs. abſt HIND his Servants for his Glory. Should Saran have better Servants than | God? Should they dare for their Maſter, beyond what the Ser- vants of God are willing to do or ſuffer for him ? Ji. 62, 1. Fer. r; 17, 18,