The Pulpit Commentary — Acts — Volume 2 — Section 91

reforenC"e to the ma.in narrative, which i1 of which Felix was at this time procn- moment&rily interrupted by the mention rotor. It was also the harbour by whlob of St. Paul's visit to the ayne.gogue. Note all tre.vellera from the West approaoheci the extreme importanoe of thia brief vieit to it, and from wllenoe roads led to Egypt Epheeue, where the foundation of a vigorou1 on the south, to Tyre and Sidon nnd and ftouriehing Church seems to have been Antioch on the north, and e1LStward to laid. He who knows "the times and the Nabloua o.nd Jerusalem and the Jordan" eeaeone" sent St. Panl there now, though (Howson, i. 455). Ee went up and saluted two years before he had forbidden him to go the Churoh; me1ming, without any doubt, he to Aei&. went up to Jerusalem, as both the word Ver. 20.-And whet1 they OJJked for when, o.va/3,h, and the object of his going up, "to they daired., A.V.; ahide a for tarry, A.V.; salute the Churcll," conclusively show. time for time with tliem, A.V. Ee consented For l,.va/3alv"', whether coupled with ,Is not; ovic tTiv,ucr,v, only here in the New 'l,pocr&>..uµ,a as in Matt. xx, 17, 18, or stand- Testament, but found in Prov. nvi. 20; ing alone ea in J oho vii. 8, 10, and xii. 20, is 2 Ma.co. iv. 10, eto., and frequently in the regular word for goang up to Jeruso.lem medioe.l writers; literally, to bend the head (see eh. xi 2; xv. 2: lli. 12, 15; xxiv. forward by the proper muscles (Hobart). 11; xxv. I, 9); and.;, '"""-11crla, the Church, Ver. 2l.-Taki"9 his ka11e of them, and which Paul went to salute, can mean nothing ,aying for bade them farewell, sayi"9, A.V.; I but the mother Church of Jeruse.lem. No u,ill return for I m,u;t by aU means keep thia doubt he was received officially by the feast that cometh in Jerosalem; but 1 wiU apostles, represented by James e.nd the return, A.V. and T.R.; he set sail for and he elders and the Church, e.s in oh. xv. 4; sailed, A.V. and T.B. Taking his leave; 0.11 and gave e. formal account of the reeult of in ver. 18, note. I mllBt by all means, etc. his second missionary journey, and of the This clause is not found in tt, A, B, E, and great event of tile introduction of the gospel several versions, and is omitted in the R.T. into Macedonia and Achaie.. It is e. re- But Alford, Meyer, Wordsworth, and otllers markable example of St. Luke's great brevity consider it io be genuine. It is certainly at times that this is the only notice of his difficult t.o acooUD.t for such words being arrival e.t Jerusalem, where his vow was to inserted in the ten if they were not genuine; be fulfilled. Went down to Antioch; from whereas it ie eSJEY t.o account for their whence he had started with Silas, after his omission, either by accident or from the separation from Barne.bas, some three years fact that the brevity of the allusion to his before, "being recommonded by the brethren visit to Jerusalem in ver. 22 might easily to the grace of God" (eh. ui 40; comp. mislead a copyist into thin.king that St. eh. riv. 26, 27; xv. 30). Paul did not go to J erusa.lem at this time, Ver. 23.-Having for after he had, A.V.; and therefore that the words were misplaced. through the region for <YDer all the country, Observe how St. Paul's fixed purpose to A.V.; stahliahing for strengthening, A.V. reach Jerusalem as soon as possible tallies !laving spent some time there ( eh. xv. 33, with the account of his vow. This fee.et note). How long we have no means of (A.V.). It is not clear what feast is meant. !mowing; probably under six months: Alford, WordBworth. • Spee.ker'B Commen- "quelques mois" (Renan,pp.329,330); "four tary,' and others, following Wieseler, think months" (Lewin, i. 370, note; comp. 1 Cor. ii was the Fee.et of Peutecost, being influenced xvi 6, 7; eh. xi.x. 22). According to Renan, bv the consideration that sailing waB dan- Lewin, 'Speaker's Commentary,' and many gerous and very unusual so early e.s before others, it was e.t this time that the meeting 1be Passover. But Meyer tllinks it uncertain. with St. Peter occurred to which St. Paul :But the expression." I must by all means,'' refers in Gal. ii 11, etc. And Rene.n would cover tile risk of a "l"oye.ge in the ingeniously connects that perversion of the stormy see.son. I wiU return e.ge.i.D.. The faith of the Galatians which led to St. fulfilment of thiB promise is related in eh. Paul's Epistle being addressed to them, with rix. 1, etc. If God will (see Jas. iv. 13 the visit to Antioch of James's emissaries. -15). Lewin also identifies the journey of St Ver. 22.-He 10ent up for and gene up, Paul to Jerusalem mentioned in Gal. ii. 1 A. V. ; and went for he toent, A. V. When with that recorded in our ver. 22. Bn, he had landed at C11111Brea ; i. e. Cesa.re& neither of these tlleories is borne out by any Stral.onis, or Sebe.ste, or IlC1pa>..11ls, e.s it known facts, nor is in itself probable. was variously called, to distinguish it from There is no appearance of Barne.bas or Crese.rea Philippi (see eh. viii. 40 ; ix. 30; Titus being with St. Paul at this time, and x. 1, etc., and frequently elsewhere in it is very unlikely that e.ny should have tile Acts). " Clll88ree., whither probably oome from James to Antioch so immediately tile vessel we.a bound, we.s the military after St. Paul's ee.lutation of tho Church at eapite.l of the Boman province of Ju-. 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