The Pulpit Commentary — Acts — Volume 2 — Section 165

Phenicia, A.V.; aet ffll"l for aet forth, A.V. ,r-o~ii,v {iµ,wv meo.ne " Every pince on which Raving found a Bhip. The ehip in which you shall tread with the aole of your feet; " St. Pou! nnd hie companions had hitherto but the phraee /,r1flafv.,,. dt 'l•poucra>..~11 &Riled wns probably a coaeting-veeeel in- must surely mean simply "t.o go to Jeru• tendinr; to continue its couree all along the sal~~-" Through the Spirit. Tho Holy ~outh coaet of Aeie. Minor. But nt Patara Spmt revealed to them, as he did to mo.ny they found a ship on the point of sailing others (ver, 11 11.ud oh. xx. 23), thut bonds a~-roee the open sea direct to Tyre, by and affliction awaited St. Paul ut Jerusalem. which the voyage "·ould be ehorten<>d The inferenoe that he sllould not go to many days. They accordingly immediately Jerusalem Wall their own. took their passage by it, and put out to see. Ver. 5.-It came to pass that toe 7iad (ir.v~x911u,v, ver. 1, note). A glance at the accomplished for toe 1iad accomplished, A.V. ; m11p will show what a great corner WI\S thus the days for tho8e daya, A.V. : 011 our joumey cut off. A straight line from Pntara to for our toay, A.V.; th.ey all, with wives and Tyre leaves Cyprus just on the left. children, brooght f/,8 on our toay for they all Ver. 8.-And for tohen. A.V.; oome in brought f/,8 on our toay, toith wives and chi1dren, f:ight of for diBcot,ered, A.V. ; leaving it . .. A.V.; kneeling down on th.e beaoh we prayed tee Bailed for toe left it . . . and sail,ed, A. V.; for we 1.neel.ed down on the shore and prayed, unto for into, A.'v. Rad oome in sight of; A.V. and T.R. Accomplished the days. literally, had been shO'IDn Cyprus; ha,! had There is no otller example of this use of the Cyprus made visible to us; i.e. had sighted word l!aprl(<iv, whioll always means "to Cyprus. It is a nautical expression. Meyer fit out," "to equip thoroughly," a11 e.g. compares the phrase .,,,.,../,rrcuµ,a., rb •va.yyi- Josephus, 'Ant. Jud.,' iii. ii. 2, where he >..,ov for the g-ramrnntical construction. The speaks of soldiers ro'it il1ra1111<a>..wt l!11p-r1crµ,e- verb ir.va,;,a!v-;_ is peculiar to St. Luke, occur- 11ovs, well equipped in all respects; and ing elsewhere in the New Testament only in the only other passage in the New in Luke xix. 11. It is, however, need Testament where it occurs, 2 Tim. iii. 17, repeatedly in the LXX. of Job. Landed; where it ie rendered "thoroughly furnished," 1ea-r11x811µ,o, T.R., just the opposite to the or "furc.ished completely.'' R.V. Hence uvi!xlhi/J-E" of ver. 2,; but the R.T. has some would render the passage here "when ,ca-nj>..IJo,uv, with the so.me meaning, " we we had refitted (the ship) dul"ing these came to shore." At Tyre, which they may de.ye." But this is e. very harsh construc- have reached in about forty-eight hours tion, and it is better, with the glossaries, from Pntara with a fair wind (Howson), lexicons, the Vulgate, and most commen- Tyre at this time was still a city of some tators, to take the word here in the unusual commercial importance, with two harbours, sense of "to complete," applied to time. one north and one south of the causeway The days are tile seven days mentioned which connected the island with the ma.iu- in ver. 4, which were probo.bly determined land (see eh. xii. 20). Howson thinks the by the time it took to unlade the ship and ship in which St. Paul sailed may have get the new cargo on board. brought wheat from the Blnck Sea., and Ver. 6.-And bade each other far61Dell; taken up Phmnicia.n wares in exchange. and we went on board th.e s1iip, but, etc., for The sight of Cyprus as he seiled by n:iust and when we had taken our leave one of another, h.e.ve brought many and very various toe tool£ ship; and, etc., A.V. and T.R. The memories to the apostle's mind, of Ihrnaba.s, i£1ra111rcf.(,118ti, of the R.T. occurs nowhere of Sergius Pa.ulUB, of Elymas, a.nd many else,exccpt iCl Himerius in the fourth century others. after Christ. Went on board ; ,1refl11µ,u Ver. 4.-HafJing found the disciples for •ls, the same phrase as lm/Jafvflv Els finding disciples, .A..V. and T.R.; and tlieaa 'l•pou,rn>..71µ, in ver. 5. for t11ho, .A.. V.; set foot in for go up to, .A.. V. Ver. 7.-The 'l!oyaae for our coorse, A.V.; and T.R. Raving found the di!;eiples. If arri'Ded at for came to, A. V. ; we saluted the R.T. is right, the meaning is that they for saluted, A.V. When we had finished; Lad sought out the Christia.us, apparently a,a116uann, only found here in the New not a large body, scatter:,d in the city, and Testament, but not uncommon in ola11sice.l perhaps with some difficulty found them Greek for finishing a voyage, ore. joµrney, or and their place of meeting. ThiB would a raoe-course (Euripides, Hesiod, Xenophon, look as if they were not Jews, 11.s the etc.). St. Luke seems to indicate by the synagogue was e.lwayJ Jmown. Re should phrase that the sea-voyage ended here. not set foot in 1ernse.lem. The R.T. rea.dB Arrived at; 1ea.r7111-r-,fuaµ,•v, e. favourite word •1r1fla!v,w for uvafla.lv«v. It is true that, of St. Luke's for arriving o.t 11. place (eh. in the LXX. of Deut. i 36, Tiw -,,iiv, •<I'' fiv xvi. 1; xviii. 19, 24; XL 15; x.xv. 13; •1r•fl11 meaw, "The land that he l:&th xxvii. 12, etc.). l'tolemais, The ancient trodden upon ; "and that in Josh. i. 3 ag&ia, A.echo of Judg. i. 31, tllen a Co.nW1.nite city n.is I, -rlnros If,' t,., Ii,, ,r,/JqT• ,,-,; txv•1 ,,;;,,, in the tribe of Asher, but not subsequently on. XXI, 1-10.] 'l'HE ACTS O.F TIIE APOS'l'LES. 171