The Pulpit Commentary — Acts — Volume 1 — Section 10

J01!8phua (' Jud. Aut.,' vit. 9, 2; ece too xx. R.V., makce Peter and the other Rpostlea 8, G), it el"('ms probnble that in Luke. xix. the nominlliive oose to I.he verb "went up," 29: xxi. 27, we ought to rend, with Lnrh- instcnd of, ne in the A.V., to "nbode." In mllnn and Tischendorf (ere llleyer on Luke regnrd to the list of the apostles whioh xi.x. 29), 'EXa:ulw, El~on, Olivet. In the Old follows, it mriy be noticed first, thnt it is idon• Testament, in 2 Sam. xv. 80, it is "the tiool with that of Luke vi. 14-lG, except In eecent of the Olives" (A.V., "the ll8cent of the oruissiou of Judu Isoariot l\nd the orrler Mount Olivet"); in Zech. xiv. 4, " the in which the apostles nre named. The order l\lount of Oli'fee." A 1111.bbath day'■ journey in Luke seems lo have followed tb11t ofnntural off; i.e. six, or aooording to Sohleuener, birth and nssooiation. The brothen, Peter seven and a hnlf, furlongs (or two thousnnd and Andrew, James and John, aro classed to- cubits). Josephus ('Jnd. Ant.,' xx. 8, G) gether; Philip and Bnrtholoruew, or Nritha- coils it "five furlongs," but he only me.'Ulured nael, go together, u.nd so on. But in this list to the foot of the hill, whereas St. Luke John follows Peter, his close comp11nion in givee the distance from the spot whence missionary work (eh. iii. 1, etc.; iv. 12; viii. Christ ascended. Bethany itself, according H); James follows instead of preceding to John xi. 18, was fifteen furlongs from John; and others are classed somewh11t Jerusalem. differently, for reasons probably analogou11,. Ver. 13.-The upper chamber for an upper but which we know not. Of the other room, A.V.; w1.ere Otey were abidi-ng for lists that in lllnrk iii. 16-19 agrees most 1Dl,,ere abode, A.V.: son of Jame• for brother nearly with that before us. In all, Simon of Jamefl, A.V. The upper cha.mbo:; perhaps Peter stands first. The Jude of Luke vi. the same room where they hlld eaten the 16 (c-omp. Jude 1) and eh. i. 13 is co.lied Passover with Christ (Luke xxii. 12); but 77uuldzus in lllatt. x. 3 (" Lebbll!Ill! whose thie ie very uncertain, though affirmed by surname wns ThRdilrous," A.V.) 11nd in Epiphaniill!, and by Nioephorue, who further Mu.rk iii. 18; but no donbt the persons are rclutee the.t the very house in which the the same. In all the lists Philip stimds upper cl111mber wu.s we.s built into the back fifth. In three Bartholomew is sixth, while part of the temple which the Empress in the list in Acts his being no.mad after Helene. erected on Mount Sion. The word Thomas makes him seventh. In all the here is urr•prf,o.,, there it is iu,,1,-y••"· The lists James the son of Alphmus is ninth, vrr•prf,o" (Hebrew ~•.S.y, 2 Kings iv. 10, 11) and Judas Iscariot tlie last, except in the we.e the room im.mcdfotely under the roof; Acts, where he is not named, being already the a.v,1,-y•ov wa.s synonymous. Where they dead. The underwritten columns give the were abiding. A slight che.nge in the order four lists in one view:- of the words, as adopted in the text of the Matt. x. 2-5. Mark iii. 16-19. Luke vi. H--16, Acts i 13. I. Simon Peter 1. Simon l'etel' 1. Simon Petel' 1. Simon Peter 2. Andrew 2. James 2. Andrew 2. John 3. Jam8d 3. John 3. James 3. James 4. John 4. Andrew 4. John 4. Andrew 5. Philip 5. Philip 5. Philip 5. Philip 6. Bartholomew 6. Bartholomew 6. Bartholomew 6. Thom11s 7. Thoma.e 7. Matthew 7. Jllatthew 7. Bartholomew 8. Mu.tthew 8. Thomas 8. Thoma.e 8. Matthew 9. James son of AI- 9. James son of Al- 9. James son of Al- 9. Jomes son of Al- phmllB phmus phmns phalus 10. ThaddmllB 10. ThaddmUI! 10. Simon the Zealot 10. Simon the Zea.lot 11. Simon the Cana- 11. Simon the Cana- ll. Judas, the son, or ll. Jude, the son, or IllB&D u:eun brother, ofJame, brother, of J11mes 12. J udaa Iscariot 12. J ud11B Iscariot 12. Judas Iscariot Ver. 14.-With mw, accord oontinucd 14; ix. 86: xii. 13; xvi. 14, 16; xvii. 4, 84; steadfaatly for contim~d with one acrord, x,-iii. 26; xxi. 9; xxiv. 24; xxv. 28; eto. A.V.; prayer for prayer a11d supplication, Mary the mother of J'esns nppears here not A. V and T.R. The women. St. Luke, in as an object of worship, but as hUlllbly his Gospel, makes frequent mention of the joining in the prayers of' the Church. And women who followed our Lord, and generally with hia brethren. The Lord's brethren of things that hnppened to \\'omen (see are spoken of by no.me in Mo.tt. xiii. 55 ns Luke xx.iii 2:7, 49, 55; :uiv. 10, 22, etc. "James, and Jose& ('Joseph,' R.V.J, altd See n.Jso Luke vii 87, etc.; viii 28; L 38, Simon, and Judas." So also Mark vi. i5; etc.). We notice the same tendency 8 (see too eh. iv. 31-85). "James the in the Al'ts, here, and in eh. ii. 17, 18; v. Lord's broihef" ~ wentioned b7 St. Paul OR, I, 1-26.) THIB AC'l'S OF THE APOSTLES, ---------------------------~-~ -- -