The Pulpit Commentary — Acts — Volume 2 — Section 207

In oh. xii. 15, "It le his an\!'el" (eee nr. eeoo.pe if they failed to keep the TO?Z 9)? For the eto.tement regarding the Phari- Lightfoot, on this passage, quotes from the see& ond Badducces, aee Luke xx. 27. Talmnd : " He that bath made a vow not tn Ver. 9.-0lamour for ory, A. V.: BO'IM of eat anything, woe to him if he e11,t, and woe tmi for the, A.V.; of tmi PhMisutl part for to him if he do not eat. If he eat he ein- that toere of the, etc., A.V.: 8'ood up for arose, neth against hie vow ; if he do not eat he A.V.; and what for but, A.V.; a s-pirit hath sinneth a~ainst his life. What must snch epoT,en to him, or an angel for a spirit or a man do m this case? Let him go to the an angel hath spoT,en to him, A.V.; the R.T. wise men, and they will loose hie vow " omits the olo.use in the T.R., let 1.111 not fight (' Heh. and Talmnd. Exercit. upon the against God. The aoribea (comp. Luke xx. Acts'). 119). We find no evil in this man (comp. Ver. 13.-Made for had"made, A.V. Con- John xviii. 29, 33: Luke xxiii. 14, 15, 22). apire.oy; ll'uv"'µo<Tl.., in Latin conjuratio. It What if a spirit, eto.: o.lluding to what Paul only occurs here in the New Testament, but ho.d said in eh. xxii. 17, 18. is used occasionally by Diodorus Sien Ius and Ver. 10.-Be tom for ha11e been pulled, other Greek writers. The kindred word A.V.; by for of, A. V.; to.1'6 for to take, A.V.: truv..,µ.lrr11s is found in the LXX. of Gen. bring for to bring, A. V. A great dissension; ll:iv. 13, rendered" confederate," A.V. <T-rcl<T,.,s, 611 in oh. xv. 2, and above, ver. 7. Ver. 14.-The elder, for elder,, A.V.; to The state of things here described ia exactly taste for that we wi"ll eat, A. V. ; killed for what the pages of Josephus and of Tacitus slain, A.V. The ohief priests, etc. Meaning, disclose es to the combustible state of the no doubt, those who were of the party of the Jewish mind generally juet before the com- Sadducees, to which the chief priests mainly mencement of the Jewish war. The Roman belonged at this time. A great curse. There power wll.!! the one element of quiet and is nothing in the phraseology of this verse, order. The tower of Antonia. was the one as compared with the.t of ver. 12, to warrant plaoe of safety in Jerusalem. the introduction of the word "great." It is Ver. 11.-The R.T. omits Paul, in the T.R. simply," We have anathematized ourselves and A.V. ; coocerning for of, A. V.: at for in, with an 11,nathema." A.V. The Lord stood by him. The jaded, Ver. 15.-Do ye for ye, A.V.; the R.T. harassed, and overwrought spirit needed omits to-mm-row, in the A.V.; judge of hia some unusual support. The Lord whom ca8e more exactly for inquire somethinr, more Paul loved, and for whom he wu suffering perfectly concerning him, A.V.; slay for kill, so much, knew it, e.nd in hie tender care for A.V. With the oouncil. Either the tempo- his servant stood by him and spo.ke a word rary feeling of the Pharisees had subsided, of gracious encouragement to him. Paul and their old hatred come to the front ago.in, felt that he was not forgotten or forsaken. or the high priest and Saddncees, by some There was more work for him to do, in spite plausible excuse, persuaded the Pharisees of all the hatred of his countrymen. 'fhe of the council to join with them in asking capital of heathendom must hear his testi- that Paul might be brought before them mony as well the metropolis of the ciroum- ago.in. Signify. The word ,µ.<f>av[ ~·.. v only oision. occurs here and at ver. 22, in this !lense of Ver. 12.-T7ie Jews for certain of U&e Jew,, "signifying" or "me.king known" some- A.V. and T.R. Banded together(,ro1'1J<TCU'"l"ES thing, which it has in Esth. ii. 22, LXX .. 1111<T-rpo<1>¾v). This word <Tu<T-rpoq,~ is fouud Codex Ale::rnndrinus (11.!! the rendering of in the New Testament only here and eh. xix. "10N, to tell), and in 2 Mace. iii. 7, and in 40, where it is rendered "concourse." The Jo;ephus, as e.lso in classical Greek. Else- sense of "a conspiracy," which it has here, where in the New Testament it means" to is common in the LXX. (see Amos vii.10; manifest," or "show," as in John xiv. 21, 2 Kings xv. 15, etc.). The verb <Tu<TTp<<f>Elv 22; in the passive voice "to appe:.1r," as in in the LXX. has the sense of " to conspire" Matt. xxvii. 53: Heb. iL 2-J:; ancl in a (2 Sam. xv. 31 : 2 Kings x. 9; xv. 30, technical legal sense "to give information" <Tuv<<TTP•'f• <TO<TTpeµ.µ.a.). Bound themselves (oh. x.xiv. 1; x.xv. 2, 15). J'udge of his case under a ourse (a.v,B,µclTt<Ta.v o!a.u-ro1rs). The more enotly; liury,vw<T1<E1v, 1<.T.,\. The word word a.vclB,µa (Rom. ix. 3 ; 1 Cor. xii. 3 : ui. only occurs here and in oh. xxiv. 22. The 22; Gal. i. 8, 9) corresponds to the Hebrew classical use of the word in the sense of D~IJ, the devotion of anything to destruction: "deoiding,"" giving judgment," is in favour and hence "the thing itself so devoted." of th\l R.V.; li,a..,,w•~<T1<eiv, like o,c£.,,,.,<T1s, And the verb a.va.B,µa.T[(,iv corresponds to the diagnosis (oh, :uv. 21), is a word of very Hebrew o•inn, to devote to destruction, with- frequent use in medical writers, as is the out the po~;ibility of redemption. Here they la1<p1/J<<T-repov, which here is joined with it ~o.de themselves an a.vclB,µa. if they did not (oh. xxiv. 22, note). kill Paul before parto.king of any food. It Ver. 16.-But for and when, A.V.: and mi ll8e111B: however, that there WW! a way of coma for h6 went, A.V. L)'llli in wait; '.'14 'l'HE ACTS OF 'l'HE APOS'l'LES. [os. xxm.1-35,