The Pulpit Commentary — Acts — Volume 2 — Section 88

from A1Jt1ilo.'e house, as Alford and ol,herR. much people, etc. We may infer from this H docs not llppear to bo a question h1,re of intimation from him who "knoweth them whore l'nul lodged, but whore ho preached. that are his," which led tl'l St. Paul ste.ying Justus ho.d probably o. largo room, which he on at Corinth upwards of a year e.ud six gnvo Pnul the use of for his snbbath and other months (ver. 11), that the shortness of his meetings. As Howoon truly says, he con- stay at Athens was because the Lord had tinued to "lodge" (µlv•w) with Aquila and not much people there. For the encourag- Priscilla, U is only said tho.t he "came" ing promise of protection in the midst of (~,\6.v) to the house of Justus from the danger given to St. Paul by Christ in this synagogue. So Reno.n, "D enseigna desor• vision, comp. Jer. i. 17-19. mu.is du.as lo. mu.ison de 'fitine Justus" Ver. 11.-Dwelt for continued, A.V. (p. 216). One that worshipped God (rr•fJoµl- Dwelt; literally, aat down, a.s eh. xiii. 14, vou ,.1,,, 0•&v); i.e. e. Greek proselyte of the etc., and hence to "remain quietly" (Luke gate (see eh. xiii. 43, 50; xvi. 14 ; xvii. xxiv. 49). A year and six months. It is not 4, 17, etc.)- Cornelius is called •vrr•fJ¾• clear whether these eighteen months are to tcal <t,ofJo6µ•vos 'TOV ®•Ov. Whose house, etc. be measured to the encl of St. Paul's stay Either his proximity to the syn'!-gogue had at Corinth, or only to the rising up of the led to his attending there, or, berng already Jews related in vers. 12-17. Renan is n, proselyte, he had ta.ken e. house hard by doubtful. Howson does not go into the for the convenience of e.ttending, Joined question. But Lewin rightly measures the hard ; ~., rruvoµopovrr"' found only here either eighteen months down to Ge.llio'e arrival. in the New Testament or elsewhere. 'Oµopl"' And so does Meyer, who also notices the occurs in Plutu.rch; rrvv&µopos is e.lso e. force of ltc&O,rr•, as indicating a quiet, un- word (Steph., • Thesaur.'). disturbed a.bode, and calls special e.tten tion Ver. 8.-Ruler for chief f'uler, A.V. to the fr, of ver. 18, e.s showing that the (apx1rruvifyc..-yos, e.s in eh. xiii. 15): in for "many do.ye" there mentioned were ad- on, A.V. Crispus(a.common Roman no.me) ditional to the year and a ha.If of ver. 11. w!IB one of the very few whom St. Po.ul The ouly longer residence we know of was himself baptized, probably on e.ccount of his that of three yea.re at Ephesus (oh. xx. 31 ). important position e.s ruler of the syna- Ver. 12.-But for and, A.V.; procons-.,.l gogue, e.s we learn from 1 Cor. i. 14. for the deputy, A.V.; with one accOTd rose With all his house (comp. oh. xvi. 33, 34). up for made insurrection with one accord, Many of the Corinthie.ns; i.e. of the Greeks A.V.; before for to, A.V. Gallio. Marcus o.nd Roma.ns, who composed the population Annaius Nove.tus took the no.me of Lucius of the oity. It is seldom that we have the Junius Annaius Ge.llio, on account of bis names of so many converts preserved e.s we adoption by L. Junius Ga.llio. He was the have of this Aoha.ia.n mission. Besides elder brother of Seneca, and a man of Crispus e.nd Gains, we know of Epainetns e.bility, and of e. most amiable temper and e.nd Stephana.s, who would seem to have dispoijition. His brother Seneca said that been converted together (Rom. xvi 5; 1 Cor. he had not a fault, and that everybody xvi. 15); and probably also l!'ortnna.tUB loved him. He was cnl.led "Dulcie Gallic " and Ache.icns (1 Cor. xvi. 17). Ge.ius, from by StatiUB. It is unfortunately not known his no.me (Caius) and his salutation to exactly in what year Gallic became either the Church at Rome, we.s probably e. Consul or Proconsul of Achaie.. Had it Romn,n. Fortune.tus and Acha.icus e.lso be- been known, it would have been invaluable belonged, perhaps, to the Roman colony. for fixing the chronology of St. Paul's life. Here too were many heathen converts (1 Lewin puts it (his proconsula.te) in the year Cor. xii. 2), though mostly of the lower A,D. 53, and so does Rene.n ; Howson, rank (1 Cor. i. 26-29). between .&.D. 52 e.nd .&.D. 54. The cir- Yer. 9.-And the Lord said unto for then cumstantial evidence from secular writers !'fake CIWJ Lord to, A.V. A vision (8paµa); corroborating St. Luke's account is ex- htera.lly, a thing aeen, but e.lwe.ys used of a ceedingly curious. There is no account wonderful "sight : " Matt. xvii. 9 of the extant either of his consulate or of his Tro.nsfiguration, eh. vii. 31 of the burning proconsula.te of Ache.ia.. But Pliny, spee.k- bush. But more commonly of e. "vision,'' ing of the medicinal effect of a sea-voyage as in oh. ix. 10, 12; x. 3, 17, 19; xi. 5; xii. on persons in consumption, gives as e.n 9: xvi. 9. So in the LXX. (Gen. xlvi. 2, eto.). example, " as I remember we.s the case St, Paul received e. similar gracious token of with AnnaiUB Ge.llio after his consulate," the Lord's wo.tchfol care of him soon after and seems to imply that he went to Egypt his oonversion (eh. uii. 17-21). He tells for the sake of the long see.-voyage ; which us that then he was in an "ecstasy," or would suit very well his going there from tre.noe. 'l'he ttcrrTarris describ1,s the mente.J his government in Ache.in, (Pliny, • Nat. oondition of th., person who se-is e.n 8ea.µ,a. Hist.,' uxi. cap. vi. 33). And that his pro- Ver, 10.-Hann for hurl, A.V, ~ ~1'0 oonsule.te was in Ache.ia iii corroborated  90 THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. [cu. xvm, 1-28.