The Pulpit Commentary — Acts — Volume 2 — Section 247

olosoly akin to adorntlon. C111se.r, origlnnlly Jews before Festus himself (vcr. 7'), and is the name of a fnmily of tlie Julia gen•, implie,l hy I'aul'• words in ver. ll. beoomo the nome of Octnviue Ci:cBor Ver. 25.-I fou"d . . . I determi1wl for Augustus, BS tho n<lopte<l son of Julius uken I found . . . I have determiw,d, A.V. Crosar; thon of 'l'iberius, ns the adopted son and '1'.R.; a., for that, A.V. and T.R. ; of Augustus; nnd thon of tho successors of appealed tor hath appealed, A.V.; the Tiberius, Caligula, Olamliue, and Nero, who ,,mpcror for AU{Justus, A.V. Nothing had by descent or adoption EOme relationshipworthy of death (see eh. xxiii. 211; and to C. Julius Cmsar the great dictator. Aftercomp. Luke xxiii. 4, 15). I determined. Nero, succeeding emperors usunlly prefixed The A.V., "when I found ... 1 have the name of Cmear to their other names, and determ_ined," is hardly good grammar placed tho.t of Augustus after them. .Mlius accordmg to our present usage. It shou1'1 Verus, adopted by Hadrian, was the first be " determined," unless " when " is person who bore the name of Cmsar without equivalent to "inasmuch as." If " when" being emperor. From this time it became expresses a point of po.st time from wbich usual for tbe heir to the throne to bear thethe act of determining started, the porfor.t ia nawe; and later, for many of the emperor's improper in modem English. The s:trno kindred to be so-called. It was, in fact, a remark applies to tho next verse, "I hllve title of honour conferred by the emperor. brought him forth ... that I might." Ver. 22.-.And for then, A.V.; I also could Ver. 26.-King for O king, A.V.; mru1 u,ish to hear for I would also hear, A.V.; for miaht, A.V. My lord (n;; Kupi,.. ). saith for ,aid, A.V. I also could wish Suetonius teUa us(' Life of Augustus,' 53) (.ffou/\6µ.11v); but the A.V. "I would" quitethat Augustus abhorred the title of "lor,l," sufficiently expresses the imperfect tense and looked upon it as a curse and an insult (ich wollte) and the indirect wish intended. when o.pplied to himself. Tiberius 1tlsf' Meyer well compares 11ux&µ.11v (Rom. ix. 3) (' Life of Tiberius,' 27), being once called and 1)8,/\ov (Gal. iv. 20). "lord" (daminus) by some one, indignantly Ver. 23.-So for and, A.V.: they u,ere forrepudiated the title. But it we.s frer1n.,ntly applied to Tre.jan by Pliny, and the later was, A. V.: the principal for principal, A.V.; the command of Festus for Festus' command- emperors seem to have accepted it. It was ment, A.V.; brought in for brought forth, likely to grow up first in the East. Exami- A.V. With great pomp; µ.eTi't. ,roMijs ,pa.v• nation ; a.va.xpl.-,.,,, here only in the N cw 'l'ao-lczr, he1·e only in the New Testament. Testament: but it is foillld in 3 l'rfacc. vii. 4 In Polybius it means "displlly," "show," in the same sense 68 here, viz. of a judicial " outward appell.l'o.nce," exa.minalion (the complaint being that Jews " impression," "effect," and the like. It is of frequent were put to death iiveu 1r11a-,.,, avaKP'"'"'' Kczl use o.mong medico.I writers for the outward J~ eT11.-,.,, ); specially the previous examination appearance of diseases. In Heh. xii. 21 of the prisoner made for the information of .,.b ,Pa.vTa.(&µ.,vo11 is " the appearance," and the judge who was to try the case. At fd.n-a..-µ.a (l'riatt. xiv. 26: Mark vi 49) ia Athens the a.v111tp10-,s was a preliminary "an appearance," " a phantom." The place examination held to decide wliether an of hearing. The word a.,cpo«T,iip,ov (from action o.t law should be allowed. The verb Al<poaloµ.a.,, to hear, whence l,,,cpoal.T,.,,, Rom. ii. a.va.,cp/v.,, to examine, ocCWll six. times in the 13; Je.s. i. 22, 23, 25) oecura only here in Gospel of St. Luke and the Acts (Luke the New Testament. It is literally a.n xxiii. 14; eh. iv. 9 ; xii. 19, etc.), and ten " audience-hall,'' o.nd meana sometimes a times in St. Paul's Epistles (see tilio Hist. "lecture-room." Here it is apparently the of Susanna 48). hall where oases were heard and tried before Ver. 27.-In ,ending . . . not for to send the procurator or other magistrate. Chief . . . and not, A.V.; charge, for crimes lltid, oapte.ins (xa/\lapxo,), Military tribunes, 68A.V. tJDrea.sonable ; Uo-yov, only in 2 Pet. eh. xxi. 31, and very frequently in the Acts. ii. 12 o.nd Jude 10, "without rea.son," Meyer notea that, as there were five cohorts applied to the brute creation: but found in garrisoned in Cm.area, there would be five the LXX. ofExod. vi. 12 and Wisd. xi. 15; chiliarchs, or tribunea. At the command of and also frequent in medico.I writers. 'l'he Festua. These minute touches suggest that opposite phrase, Ka.Tc\ J\&-,ov, "reasonably,'' St. Luke we.s most likely in the h11ll, o.nd in eh. xviii. 14, is also of very frequent use saw the "great pomp," and hell.I'd Festua in medical writers. •AAo-,os, l,,.\&-y.,,, a..\ryla. give the order for Paul to be brought. a.re also not uncommon in Polybins, and in Brought in (fl:x:611); aee ver. 6, note. ole.ssical Gretk generally. The charges Ver. 24.-Saith for ,aid, A.V.: behold for against him (Ti't.s 1ta.T' a.uToii a.hla.s). 'l'he - , A.V. : mad11 ,uit to me for have dealt technical legal term for the "acollSation " toith me. A.V.; here for alBo here, A.V. or "charge" formally made against the pri- That he ought not to live (eh. uii. 22) soner, and which was to form the subject of This had evic!1111tly b~n repeatec! b7 the tbe tri11l (comp.l\111tt, ;µvii.37; l'dqrk ;iy .26).  !!54. 'l'llE AC'l'S OF THE APOSTLES. 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