w '] he Commander in chief overall the Soldiers there ; or one that had the command over a Thouſand. Ar the three great Feaſts there was uiually a confiderable number of Soldiers at Jeruſalem, the continence fiem all parts being then ſo great, and the Jews fo IMpericto, invoke or Government, the Romans durſt not truſt ſuch nwltitudes withour ſome check upon them. Thus ar the Paſlover, when they reok and crucified our Saviour, theſe Soldiers weie:rade ule of, ; on 18, 12.
;- fro x 'riaid ately took ſoldiers, and centu- 2nd 142 gown unto them: And when they ſaw the chiel captain and tie 19.diers, they y lefe beating of Par.
x A wordertul Providcnce of Cod for P:u{'s preſervation, that the chie? Captain ſhould be ſo near, 2s ro be able to hinder the Mallaciing of Paul ; and eipecially th.the ſhouid be detended and preſerved by one that was a ſtranger to him, and an enemy to his Religion ; y Jeſt they ſhould have been ſet upon by the So'diers, for bre.king the Peace, &c. The fear of man cauſed them to forbear whar the fear of God could not.
32 ten the Chiei Captain came near 2nd took him, anu.* commanded 41; to be bound with z rvo chains ; and cumanded who he was, and what he had Yone
z Whether as Peter was, ſee Chap. 12, 6. Or that he was bound with one upon his feet, and with the other upon his hands, it was exact y tulfil'd what 4gabu; had prophetied concerning him, werje 11, So does God provide, that not ous word of his Servants which they ſpcak from him, ſhall fail, and that Sr. Pau! ſhould be heard betore he was condemned.
34 Andiomes cryed one thing, fome another among the mu'titude:; and when he could not know the certainty ior the mw, he commanded him to be cariied 5 into the c-!1
s As 15 uſual in popular commotions, they agreed in doing miſchiet, but notinthe reaſon of it, b Called -ntonia, becaulc it was -uult in honour of Mark Antony, on the North fide of the Temple. I
25 And wten he cam2-c upon the ſtairs, ſo it was thar he was bora d of the 1ouldiers, for the violence of the pcop!e
c In the aſcent to t!.e Caſtle; &@ he was born of the Soldiers, exther becauſe the picals was fo great, he being in the midſt of them; orbeing taken vp by :hem, to ſecure him trom the fury of the enraged multitude.
z36 For tne multitude of the people followed after, crying, «* Away with him.
e That 1s, kill him ; for that was indeed to take him out of their way. The ſame ſpeech they uſed againſt our Saviour, Luke 23.18. oÞn 19. 1y. v. hen they detired his death.
37. And as Paul was to be led into the caſtle, he ſa'd unto the chict captain. f May I ſpeak unto thee ? Who ſaid. Canit thou ſpeak « Greek *
f A common expreſſion in that Language, whereby he craves leave, and beſpeaks attention. g After the Grec:zan Empire, their Language became and continued to be very common in 4fia and Egypt, and very well known amongſt all the Romans of any Edu- cation or Quality. |
35 * Arenctthcut tFat Fey ptian which before theſe
days madeſt anuproar, and leddeit out intothe wilderneſs
tour thouſand men that were : mu: derers *
þ A famous Ring-leader of a Rebellious Crew, as ſome think, in the Reign of 1iberirs ; bur as others, in the Thirteenth Year of the Emperor Clauatusr, and continued till under Nero's Reign, and came tronv theſe Four Thouſand mentioned here ar tis firſt ſerting up, to have Thirty "Thouſand Followers, pretending himlelf ro be a Prophet; of whom -oſephus, Antiq.
6. 20. cap. 11. 5 Or ailaſſinates, thar did wear Daggs or Stellet- TOES,
39 Bur Paul faid, I * am a man which am a Jew
& 22.3. Of Llarſus, @ city in Cilicia, a Citizen of & no mcan
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| as Chap. 12 17. and. 15. 16.
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4 £> q Fo p ” city: and I belcech thee, ſuffer me +5 OI people. i. - k It being the Metropolis, or chief City jn "97 OP
Perſeus, as ſome think ; howſoever having the priviie.... Dark: | man Freedom; as Chap. 22. 28, | St. Pau! vs 2 unto the people, that he might nor ſeem to © < Pies to be guilty of any Infurre&tion or Tumu't, This l:c DE LE, of Agrippa, before that he made that fimons Aboloay c:.,
40 And when ne had given him licence, Pj 5 7 on the ſtairs, and » beckoned with th« han, peopie : And whei there was made a oro (7s, ſpake unto inem oin the Hebrew tongue, {avinc
m As he was now abour to be carried intro the Cafe PE before mentioned ; n ſignifying, that he craved thor audicnc |
; o "Ihe Hebrew Tongue beins. nt. ſtood by all of them, and moft gratefu] unto them. V. was not the pure and ancient Hebrew, which had been corrin... ever ſince their Captivity ; but the Syriack Tongue, which ** there learn2d, was called Hebrew, it having art fir't been 4... trom the Hebrew, and being then in uſe by thoſe who were Hens
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Paul making bis Defence before the people, ſheweth that he wa; Tex brought up at Gamalie]'s feet, zealous for the Law, perfocy;cy 11, Chriſtians, i—=—5. how he was called to, and wnyerted (1 Cl. in his Journey to Damaſcus, 6—— 11. amd enformed by Ang: of his Apoſitleſhip, 12—16. Jent by Chriff tw the Cone 17 —— 21. which words the Jews hearing, lift up their 511i. and exclaim againſt him, 22, 23., The Captain commanieth j;,, , by bound, and ſcourged, 24. he claiming the previlegeof a Pon
eſcapeth, and brought before the Council, 25 — — 30, |
1 4 En, brethren, and fathers, bear ye my defznc. which I make now unto you. ; : a Although they were wicked men ,. and cruel perſccyrr.. St. Paul giveth them 7heir titles of reſpeft, which by the places] had put them in, are due unto them ; fre on, Chap, 7.2.
2 (And when they heard that he {pak 11: the 6 i[chrey tongue to them, they c kept the more ſilence, An};
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b The ordinary Hebrew ; that which was taken for Hebrew, ind
ſpoken by the Hebrews after their return from the Ciptivir though mixt with the Syriack; ag Chap. 21. 499 &© Ir beins mos grateful unto them to hear Pavl ſpeak in their Mother Tongue; e:p<cially they having lo great a PIejudice againſt all other Nation; and Languages. 3 * 4 am verily a man which am a Jew, born in* Tarſus a oy in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city, 4 at the fect of «© Gam:lie) , ard 1aug Þtaccardrerone / peitect manner of the law of the £ fatheis, and wa * Zca'ous þ towards God, as ye all are this da.