The Pulpit Commentary — Acts — Volume 2 — Section 284

whole of these two eventful yenre, and Christ ,Jesus"), and does not give it to thnt it ls to this presence that we owe the Arietarchue, who is named ir, the same data.lied oircumetantial nnrro.tive of oh. sentence as hie uuven&r (see Bishop Light- xxi.-xxviii., ne well ne, perhaps, the com- foot, on Col. iv. 10, nnd Bishop Ellicott, on position of St. Luke's Gospel, for which the ibid.). If rrwruxµ,i.71.<=nr is to be taken of two yeB?e o.t Cmenrea nfforded an admirable a bodily capti rity, nothing is known of the oppol'tunity. The Augustan band; or, cohurt occe.eion whicl1 gave rise to it in the caso of (u,,.,,pa.); e.s oh. x. 1 (where see note). This any of the persons to whom it ie applied. 0'11'iipa. 1• /30.uT~, coho-re .Av.gusta, wee probo.bly Ver. 3.-TreatedPav.l kind/;y for cowrte=ly one of the five cohorts stationed at Cmsarea, entreated Paul, A.V.; lea1Je for liberty, A. V. ; consisting of auxiliary troops (though Alford and refresh for to refresh, A. V. We touched ; does not think so). Its name" Augustan" ,ca.-r~xfhiµ,,v (as Luke v. 11 ; eh. xxi. 3; was given, after the ane.logy of the Auguste.n xxvili. 12) of coming from the sea tr, land, legion, just as there was e.n "Italian band" contrasted with &vfix911µ•v in vers. 2 and 4 e.s well e.e two or three "Ite.lian legions." It (a:v"xelv-res) of going out to sea (ae Luke he.s been conjectured (Kuinoel, in loo.), indeed, viii. 22; oh. xiii. 13; xvi. 11 ; xviii. 21; the.t the name may rather be to.ken from xxi. 1, 2; and frequently in this chapter). Sebaste, Samaria, e.s consisting of Same.ri• At Bidon; where doubtless there were tans, seeing the.t Josephus (' Bell. Jud.,' ii. disciples, e.s well as at Tyre (eh. xxi. 4), xii. 5) e.ctue.lly mentions e. troop of cavalry though there is no specie.I mention of sncb. (,cal\ouµlv1w l•f3a.u-r11vwv) oe.lled the troop of Paul was glad to have e.n opportunity of Sebaste. But the Greekname isle.Bau-r11vwv, visiting them while the ship was stopping not le/3auT~, which latter designation is not there to unload, and set down and take up supported by any similar example (Meyer). passengers; and Julius, perhaps by the Ver. 2.-Embarking in for entering into, orders of Festus and Agrippa, and also from A.V.; which was about to sail unto the the influence Paul's character and conduct places on the coasts of .Ana, we put to sea had on him (comp. Dan. i. 9), courteously for we launched, meaning to sail by the coast gave him leave to land, probably e.ccom- of .Asia, A.V. and T.R.; .Aristnrchus for one panied by a soldier. And refresh himself; .Aristarchus, A.V. Adramyttium (now .Adra- literally, to meet with care. 'E,,.,µ.,71.,(a occurs myti, where ehipe are still built), on the only here in the New Testament, but is north-western coo.et of Aeia Minor, south of found in I Maoo. xvi. 14 ; 2 Mace. xi. 23, Troae, on the gulf opposite which liee the and is frequent in Xenophon and other isle.nd of Leeboe, we.e e. ple.oe of considerable classical writers, by whom it is used with trade, eitue.ted on the great Roman road -ruxeiv, as here. Luke also uses the verb whiohoonneoted theHellespontwith Ephesus ,,,.,µ.,71.toµm (Luke x. 34, 35); and briµ.el\iiJs e.nd Miletus. Which we.e about to sail; µb,. (Luke xv. 8). It is in very common use 71.ov-r,(notµIMov.-es,e.e in the T.R.),describ- among med.ioal writers for the care and ing the ehip e.e e. coo.sting-vessel, trading attention required by the sick. It is very between Adre.myttium e.nd other ports on the probable that St. Pe.ul was suffering from coo.et of Asia. She we.s now on her homeward his long confinement e.t Cmsru-ea, and that voye.ge. Arilte.rohus. He ie first men- the br,µ,71.,la here mentioned has reference tioned in eh. xi.x. 29, e.s a Me.cedoni.e.n, and to his invalid state. one of Pe.ul'e companions at Ephesus, pro- Ver. 4.-Putting to aea (&vd;cP,,nes, see be.bly, therefore, the fruit of his :drst visit to ver. 3, note) for when we had launched, Thessalonice.. We find him e.ge.in with St. A.V.; under the lee of for unde.-, A.V. We Pe.ul on his le.at journey from Corinth to sailed under the lee of; {nmrll.,{,urz.µev, only Asia (oh. xx. 4), and we gather from the here and ver. 7. A nautical term, very re..-ely present notice of him that he kept with met with. The winds were oontrary. The him till he arrived e.t Jerusalem, and wind apparently was westerly, the prevalent followed him to Cmsa.rea. It would appear wind at that see.son of the year. Smith at first sight, from Col. iv. 10, that he not (' Voyage and Shipwreck of St. Paul') only stayed with St. Paul during his two quotes Admire.I De Se.ume.rez n11 writing yee.rs' imprisonment e.t Rome, but was his from near Cyprus, "The westerly winds " fellow-prisoner," if e.t least the word invariably prevail at this see.son;,, and 1\1. uwa,xµ.al\o,Tds µou is to be taken literally. De Pages, e. French navigator, e.s saying, This, however, is very doubtful, because "The winds from the west whioh prevail in the Epistle to the Romans (xvi. 7) in these places (Cyprus) forced us to run to St. Paul oe.lls Andronious and Junius his the north." This is exe.otly what the ship " fellow-prisoners," though he was not then in which Paul sailed did. Instead of going in prison himself; e.nd also because, in the in e. westerly direction, and leaving Cyprus Eprntle to Philemon (23, 24), he gives this on her right, she tiuued due north, having epithet to Epnphrns, with the addition Oyprus on her left. It was now lo,te in •• Xp1uTrf 'l710-oi) (" my fellow-prisoner in August (Fturor, p. 863).  292 THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. [oH, XXVII, 1-H.