The Pulpit Commentary — Acts — Volume 2 — Section 141

reader h81! stopped, makes a disooune, in Thie is still more clearly brought out in whi~b be instruct!! nud exhorts the people Mark v. 88, 89, "He beholdeth e. tumult 1o the imit&tion of the good deeds of which (8&pu/3ov), and many weeping and wailing 1hey have just heard. We then ell rise up groRtly. Aud , , . he B&ith unto them, Why 1"~ether.and address prnycrs(to God); and, mnke ye a tumult (8opu/!•UTII,), nnd weep? when our prayers are ended, bread and wine '£he child is not de11d, but sleepcth." In and water are brought, and the president to exactly the same way St. Paul here calms the best of hi~ !'-hility, offers up both pra):Crs the rising sobs and wailings of the people Rnd_ thnnksg1vrngs, and the people assent, standing round the body of Eutyohua, by FRyrng 'Amen.' Aud then the distribution sa.yingt M'1 llopu/!,,cr8,," Do not wail over him of the bread and wine, over 'l<"hich the as dead, for his life is in him." 1hanksgivings have been offered, is made to Ver. 11.-.And wl~n he was gone up for n11 present, and all partake of it." He adds 1Dhen he therefore 1MB come up again, A.V.; that the elements are carried to the absent the b,·ead for brea.d,A.V. and T.R.; had tallied by the deacons, and that collections are with them for talked, A.V. Had broken the mnde for poor 'Widows, and orphans, and bread ; i.e. the bread alroody prepa.red, and ~ick, and prisoners. Disooursed ( 6,.,_,,.,.,.o) ; spoken of in ver. 7 (where see note), but eh. xvii. 17, note. Prolonged (..-apfr«v,). which had not yet been broken in conse- The word is found only here in tbo New quence of Paul's long discourse. And Testament, but is of frequent use in medical ea.ten. rwcr&µ.,,or does not seem to mean writers. " having eaten of the bread broken," for the Ver. 8.- We for they, A. V. end T.R. It word is never used of the sacramental eating is not obvious why St. Luke mentions the of bread. That word is always ,p&,.• .,, (1 Cor. many lights. Some Bay to mark the xi, 20, 24) or lcr8l,w (1 Cor. xi. 26, 'l:7, 28, 29). solemnity of the first day of the week But ,.,ucr&,,.,vor seems rather to be ta.ken abso- (Kuinoel); some, to remove all possible lutely, o.s in eh. x:. 10, "having eaten," mea.n- nccnsion of ecanda.l as regards such midnight ing "having partaken" of the meal, the agape, mc,etings (Bengel); some, to explain how which followed the Eucharist. Talked with 1.he young man's fall was immediately per- them (6,,.,1,:l,crar). Of familiar converse ceived (Meyer); others, to account for the (Luke xxiv. 14, 15; eh. x:xiv. 26). Com- young man's drowsiness, which would be pare the nse of 6µ,71.la in 1 Cor. x:v. 83 ; from increased by the many lights, possibly whence, of course, comes the word" homily." ma.king the room hot (Alford); for oma.- Ver. 12.-Lad for young man, A.V. ment (Olsha.usen). But possibly it is the Ver. 13.-But for and, A.V.; going for mere mention by an eye-witness of a. fact went, A.V.; the ship for ship, A.V.; Bet sail which struck !rim. It is obvious that the for and sailed, A.V.; for for unto, A.V.; room mW!t have been lit fora night meeting intending for minding, A.V.; by 1,and for -only perhaps there were more lights than afoot, A. V. Assos. A see.port on the coast of usua.L Tro11s, twenty-four Roman miles from Troa.s. Ver. 9.-Thefor a, A. V.; borne doom with The town w11s built on a high e.nd precipitous for being fallen into a, A.V.; discoursed yet cliff. Lnke does not tell us why on this occa- longer for was wng preaching, A.V.; being sion he was separated from Paul. He.d he borne down by his sleep he for he sunk down appointed. The passive 6ta-rETa-yµl11os ;\11 is with s'leep, and, A. V.; story for I.oft, A. V. In here used in an e.cti ve sense, as in Diod. the window ; or, on the window-seal. The Sic. (quoted by Kuinoel) and other Greek window wo.s merely the opening in the wall, writers (see Steph., 'Thesaur.'). But some without any glass or shutter. Borne down; consider it e.s the middle voice (Meyer). Ka-rcup,p&µ.,vos, the proper word in CODDection Ver. 14.-Met for met with, A.V. Mitylene. with sleep, either, as here, when sleep is the The capital of the island of Lesbos, called by agent, or, followed by ,ls inrvo11,. falling into Horace "pulchra. Mitylene" ('Epist.,' i. x:i. sleep. Yet longer; rather, as m the A.V., 17), The harbour on the north-ea.stern coast is Iong ; i.e. longer than usual, so1runl!luu or oery described by Strabo as " spe.ciollB e.nd deep, long. and sheltered by a breakwater" (xiii. 2). Ver. 10.-Make ye oo ado for troubl.e not Ver. 15.-Sailingfrom for we sailed, A.V.; yourul'IHlll, A.V. Fell on him, and embrac- we came for and came, A.V.; following for ing him said; imitating the action of Elijah nezt, A.V.; touched for arrived, A. V.: and and Elisha (1 Kings xvii 17-21; 2 Kings the day after for and tarried at Trogylliwm; iv. 34). Make 7e no ado C,.11 llop11/!iicrll,). and the nezt day, A.V. and T.R. Over 06p11/!os and llop11J!iitrlla., are words especially aga.inBt Chioe. Their course would lie used of the lamentations made {Of &he dead. through the narrow strait between Chios on TbllB when Jesus came to the house of th!lwestand theme.inlandontheeast. Be.mos J e.irus, he folllld the multitude outside the The large island opposite Ephesus, There house, 6op11f!orip.E11ov, •• making e. tumult," they touched, or :J>1l,i_ in (..-ap•/3&>.o!',,,). If i .IJ. wailing and lamenting (Matt. ix. 23). the ole.UBe in the T.R. is genuine, they did  orr. xx. 1-38.] THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. 115