The Pulpit Commentary — Acts — Volume 2 — Section 189

nnd looked down upon by the llllowy sum- hie hearers emphatically ae a Jew, To be mits of Mount Taurus; "aoentreofbusyoom- punished. (\'v« .,,,...,p11fli.la-w); whether by roda mercio I ,,nterp1·ise and politil'al power ; " "a or by death. The word ooeun in the New free o.ty, libera et immunis" (Fa1T&r, 'Life Testament only here and ob. u:vi. 11, but of St. Puul, • vol. i. oh. ii.). St. Paul's expre~s iB not unfrequent in the LXX. and in 11sse1 tion the.t he was " born at Tarsus " olBBeical writers, T1µ,,,pii11 is oommon in me- dirr.etly refutes the tradition he.nded down dioal language in the sense of " to treat me- 1:y St. Jerome that he was born at Gisoala, dioally," to "correct" by medical treatment. r,nd carri~d thenoe to Te.rsus by hie parents Ver. 6.-Drew nigh for t11aa oome nigh, wben G!si:ole. was taken by the Romane A.V. The phraseology of the following (Fe.rrnr: 1bid.). Brought up; ltva.T<6pa.µ, 1,hos, narrative is nearly identical with the.t of a cll\881co.l word, only fonnd in the New eh. ix. S-6 (where see notes), Testament in the Aots (oh. vii. 20, 21, and Ver. 9.-Behel.d for saw, A.V. Beheld here). It ie found also in Wied. vii. 4. It ind~ed. the light (an~ were afraid, A.V.]. implies early eduoation. At the feet of. This oorresponds with the statement in 'fhe scholar sit.a or stands humbly beneath oh. iL 7, that the men who journeyed the raised seat of the tee.cber (oomp. Lake with Se.ul "stood speeohless." They x. 39). The btop is rightly placed aft.er were dazzled and amazed at the sudden ra.µ,a.11.,¾J11.. Some, however, put the stop after brightness. llut they heard not the voioe. -.a~711, and connect ,rapo. Toos ,rolia.s raµ.a.11.,~11. This at first sight seems inconsistent "ith ,rE'fra1li<vµhos. Gama.lie! (see eh. 4, v. 3, with the statement in oh. ix. 7, "hearing note). Instruoted a.ooording to the striot the voice." But the apparent incon- manner of the La.w of our fathers; comp. sistency disappears when we observe Gal. i. 14, '' I profited in the Jews' religion that here St. Paul wished to impress above many my eqne.ls in mine own nation, upon his hee.rers that, though his com- being more exoeedingly zealous of the tradi- panions had seen the light, they had not tions of my fathers," where for .,oi, wa.Tpr/,ov heard the words whioh were addressed to v6µnv we read TOIJI 'fra.Tpuc...v ,,_,,., wa.pa.lioa-,..... him by the Lord Jesus (see ver. 14); where- Under the wa:rpqlos 11oµns Paul probably in- as St. Luke, in the narrative in eh. ix., cluded the traditions, as well ae the written wished rather to insist upon the fact the.t Law, which the Pharisees so rigidly observed though the men had seen the light and (comp. oh.:xxvi.5,where the lucp,/3,a-T<I.,,..,,,, a.Tp•· heard the sound of the voice, they had not trUIT7/S1/!J.€Tipa.s 6p71<r1t<la.s oorresponds with the seen Jesus. To see and hear the risen OJcpl/foa,, TOU ra.Tpq!ou vop.ov). The strict man- Christ was a privilege given to St. Paul ner ; 1ea:ra. 0Jcp1/3el.a.,,, found only here in the a.Ione. N cw Testament; but a word of repeated use Ver. 11.-When I oould not see (comp. eh. in this sense in Ecclesie.sticus and Wisdom, ix. 8, and note). Them that were with me and nlllo, with the adjective 6.1eplf311s and the ( -rii>v a-uvovTUJV µ.01). ~vv,iva., occurs only here adverba.1tp1/3ws,much used bymedical writers. e.nd Luke ix. 18, but is used several times by 'AJcp,/3<0'T£pasan.d l,.,cp,{JIO"Ta.Tos are used by St. the LXX. Ii is very common in medical Luke only (eh. xvili. 26; :u:ii.i. 15, 20; :u:iv. writers for the acoompanying symptoms of 22 ; :i.:xvi. 5), and ;a.Kp1/3ws six times to three a disease. in the rest of the New Testament. Zealous Ver. 12.- Well reporled, of by for having a for God ((1Jll.u,T¾,s Toi 8eoii) ; aee eh. xxi. 20, good report of, A.i/.; that for which, A.V. note. Well reported of (.p.apTvpo6p.evos); see oh. vi. Ver. 4.-1 penecuted (see 1 Oor. xv. 9; 3, note. 1 Tim. i. 13; and eh. xxvi. 11). This Way Ver. 13.-Standing by me for ,toad., and, (see eh. ix. 2; xviii 25 ; xix. 9, 23). Unto A. V.; in that 'Dery for the ,ame, A.V.; on the death (comp. eh. iL I). Binding, etc. for upon, A.V. ( comp. eh. viii 3 ; iL 2). Ver. 14.-.Appointed for cho1e11, A.V.; to Ver. 5.-Jwrneyed for t.0enl, A. V. ; them knoio for that thou ,hollldeat kMUJ, A.V.; to auo for them, A. V. ; unto Jel'UBD1.em in bonds ,ee the Righteous O'11.tl for ,ee that J'U,8t One, A. V. ; to hear a 'Doice from for should.eat hear for boumd unto Jero,salem, A. V. The high priest. A.nanisa, the present high priest, t.he 'Dllice of, A.V. :e:ath appointed thee ; who may have been oI'e of St. Paul's hearers ,rpoex<1pla-a.-ro a-,, a word found in the New included among the "tathers," e.nd who had Testament only here and in eh. xxvi. 16, probably been e.lready a member of the San- and in eh. iii. 20 (R. T.), In classical Greek bedrim at the time of St. Paul's oonversion it meanB mostly " to get anything ready (see eh. llili. 2; :uiv.1). Others, however, beforehand;" to cause anything to be understand " the high priest " to mean him ,rpoxeipos, ready to hand. And in the who wos high priest at the time of St. LXX. it means "to choose," or "appoint," Paul's journey to Da.masoUB, viz. Theo- as Josh. iii. 12; Exod. iv. 13, where it ill philns, who WOB still a.live. The brethren. not a uanslation of n',,~. but a paraphrase The Jews at DB.J1111B0111. St. Paul speaks to of the sentence, " Appoint one by whom OH, :UU, 1--30,] THE AOTS OF THE APOS'rLEB. 195