The Pulpit Commentary — Acts — Volume 2 — Section 259

night and dar, for da11 ood night, A.V.; ~ovµ.lvu,v, a word rrequent in St. Lnke's attain for come, A. V. ; and concerning thi, writings, and much used in medical worka, hope I am accused by the Je,oa, 0 l(ir,g I for as well a.a &.vaf~•uir(ch. viii. I). The phro.se for wllioh hope', sal,e, Hing Agrippa, I am 1<aTa,plp<111 1/,-,i1>ov is nnnsual; t/>•P"" 1/,-,i,Pov accused of the Jtl1111, A.V. and 'l'.R. Our is the more common phrase, both in Jose- twelve tribe■. .6.o,ll,1<&,Pvl\011 only occurs phus and in classical writers. I gave m7 here, in the Sibylline oracles, and in tho prot- vote, etc. Not, a.a Meyer and others take evangel. Jacob., 3, and in Olement's 1 Cor. 55, it, "I assented to it, at the moment of their but is formed, after the analogy of such words being killed," equivalent to uw,v8o,c;;,v of 118 llo,ll,1<1..r,h, llo,ll,,,d.µ.01po,, 1l11Jll<1<4µ.7111or, eh. xxii. 20; but re.thel'," when the ChristiatlB r,rpiq,vho•, ll,1<dq,vl\os (Herod., v. 66 ), and the were being punished with death. I was one like. The idea of the twelve tribes of of those who in the Sanhedr'..m voted for their Israel is part of the assen tial conception of death." the Israel of God. Bo our Lord (!Hatt. xix. Ver. 11.-Punishing them oftentim.a in all 28; Jae. i. I : Bev. vii. 4, etc.). St. Paul Che synagogues, I atrO'lle to make them blas- felt and spoke like a thorough Israelite. pheme for I punished them oft in e11ery Earnestly; iv '"""''~• only here and in 2 aynagogue, and compelled them to bl.aspheme, Maco. xiv. 38 (where Rnzis is so.id to have A. V.; foreign for strange, A. V. In all the risked his body and his life for the religion synagogues. Those in Jerusalem, a.a the of the Jews,,_..,;,, 1rd1111r i,cr,vfa.,, "with o.11 contrast of the foreign cities ahowL (For vehemence," A.V.), and Jud. iv. 9, where the the facts, see eh. viii. 1, 8.) I Btl'ove, etc. phro.se, iv J,cr,,,('f µeya.7'.p, "with great The "compelled" of the A. V. is the naturo.l vehemenoy," "with great fervency," A.V., rendering of 1111&.-y1<a(ov (Matt. xiv. 22; Luke occurs twice, applied to prayer and to self- I.iv. 23; eh. nviii. 19, etc.); but it does hurniliation. 'l'he adjective i1<r,11,/s occurs not necessarily follow that the compulsion in oh. xii. 5; Luke xxii. 44: 1 Pet. iv. 8; and was successful. It might be in some ca.aes, i,cr,11;;,, in 1 Pet. i. 22. Serving (l\arp,vov); and not in otherL Pliny, in his letter to i.e. serving with worship, prayers, sacrifices, Traje.n, says that those who were accused of and the like. The allusion is to the temple being Christians cleared themselves by service, with its worship by night and by day calling upon the gods, offering to the (comp. Pa. cxxxiv. I; 1 Chron. ix. 83). image of the emperor, and cursing Christ, Ver. 8.- WJ,y is it judged incredible with none of which things, it is said, true Chris- you, if for why should it be thought a thing tians (" qui sunt revera Chri8tie.ni ") cau be incredible with you, that, A.V.; doth for compelled to do(' Epist.,' 10, 95, quoted by should, A.V. Why is it judged, etc. ? The Kninoel). Mad against them ; iµ.µ.a.waµ.,vo, use of •l is somewhat peculiar. It cannot 11uroir, only here; but the adjective lµ.µ.av-rfs, stand for 8r1, but it is nearly equivalent to frantic, is not uncommon in classical writers. "whether," s.s in ver. 28. The question Ver. 12.-Joomeyed for went, A.V.; with proposed to the mind is here whether God the authority . . . of for with authority . . . has raised the dead; and in ver. 23 whether from, A.V. and T.B. Com.mission; e,r,rpo,njs, Christ hwi suffered, whether he is the first hero only in the New Testa.ment. But to rise. In the latter case St. Paul gives the ,,,.f,po1ros is a "steward" (Matt. x.x. 8 ; answer by his witness to the truth, affirming Luke viii. 3) ; and hence the Roman pro- that it is so. In the former case he chides ourator was ea.lied in Greek, i11lrpo1ros, and his hearers for giving the answer of unbelief, so were governors generally, as those who and saying that it is not so. acted with a delegated authority. The Ver. tl.-I verily. He gently exousea chief priests. In oh. ix. 1 Saul is said to their unbelief by confessing thut be himself have applied to " the chief pri~st" for had once felt like them, nnd insinuates the authority. The high prieot, e.s president of hope that they would change their minds as the Se.nhedrim, acted with the other chief he hnd, and proceeds to give them good priests (eh. ix. 14). reason for doing so. Contrary to the Ne.ms Ver. 13.-0n for in, A.V.; that for which, (Ge.I. i. 18; 1 'rim. i.18). Jesus of Nazareth, A.V. At midday. "About noon" (ch. xxii. By so designating the Lord of glory, he avows 6). It enhanced the wonder of that light himself e. member of "the sect of the Naza- from heaven that it should be seen above renes" (see oh. ii. 22: iii. 6; iv. 10; x. 88, the brightness of the sun at mi<luay, in eto.). such a latitude. Ver. 10.-.And this for which thing, A.V.; Ver. 14.-Saying unto me in the Hebrew I both shut up for did I shut up, A.V. (with language for speaking unto me, and saying a change of order); prisons for prison, A.V.; in the Hebrew tongue, A.V. and T.R.; goad vote for voice, A.V. I. .. shut np. The ."-yr6 is for pricks, A.V. I heard a voice saying, emphatio. The verb 1<a.ra1<Ml.,, peculiar to eto. (see eh. ix. 7, note). In the Hebrew St. Luke (see Luke iii. 20) is much used by language. This iB an additionl\l detail not medical writen. Were put to death; uv111• mentioned in eh. ix. 4 or eh. xxii. 8 ; bu\  286 THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. [oll, XXVI, 1-32,