The Pulpit Commentary — Acts — Volume 1 — Section 60

my holiness thrit I "·ill not lie unto Dand" lock. But it is cqulllly olear tl111t be is but 1 Sam. vii. and Ps. lxxxix. should he read one of the aposl Jes; he is not ~et over them, through <'Rrefully ( comp. also 188- l'l'. 8; but acts with them; he iB not their superior, eh. xiii. 23). (For the phrase, "I have but their fellow; they are not eclipsed hy sworn by my holiness," see Amos iv. 2.) his presence, but only animated by his Ver. 81.-Fore~eeing this for eeeing Oti, example; inquirers after snlmtion do not before, A.V.; neither tlla" he 'left in Hada ask at his mouth only, but of the whole for hui ,011I ,raB nut left in hell, A.V. and college of the e.poetlea. Brethren (seo rer. T.R.; nor did his fteah for Millier hie ~h 29). The Jews o.ncl Israelites now hold did, A.Y. out the right hand of brotherhood to those Yer. 32.-Did God raise up for hrrth God whom before they reviled (ver. 18). What raised up, A..V. Are witnesses (see eh. i. 22, shall we do 1 lt is e. sign of the working of note). God's Spirit in the heort, renewing it to Yer. 33.-Being therefore for therefore repentance, when men feel the need of being, A.Y.; poured for shed, A.V.; see for chan)(ing their old course of thonght and nou: see, A.V. By the right hand, etc. Some action, e.nd inqniro anxiously wh11,t they render it," Being exalted to the right band," must do to iuhcrit eternnl life (comp. etc.: or," Being at the right hand of God llle.rk x. 17; eh. ix. 6; xvi. 80). exalted." It is very que~tionable whether Ver. SS.-.A.nd for then, A.V.; said (in the Greek will bear the fir:;t rendering; and italics) for said, A.V. and T.R.; repent ye for it would have been more natural to express repent, A.V.; unto for for, A.V.; your Bins the second by ,is .,.¾)v o,t«fv. It is best, for si,111 A.V. Repent, etc. We ho.\'e in this therefore, to take it ns the A.V. and the R.V. si.Jort verse the summe.ryofCh1istie.a doctrine do. The phrase is equivalent to that in as regards mon e.ncl God. Repentance and Ps. xcdii. 1, "His right ho.nd, and bis fe.ith on the po.rt of man; forgiveness of holy a.rm, bath gotten him the victory," and sins, or justification, e.nd the gift of the numerous other passages. The promise of Holy Ghost, or se.nctifice.tion, on the part of the Holy Ghost (see eh. i 4, note). God. And both these are expressed in the Ver. 84.-.A.acended not for i.8 not ascended, sacrament of baptism, which as it were A.V. For David, etc. The ascension of ties the act of mo.n to the promise of God. Christ is inferred from the previous pro- For the so.croment expresses man's faith e.nd phecy, "Thou wilt show me the po.th of repentance on one side, e.nd God's forgive- life," etc.; and is there distinctly proved ness and gift on the other. from Ps. ex. l, which Peter (remembering, Ver. 89.-To go1t iB the promise for the probo.bly, oar Lord's application of it llS re- promise ia unto you, A.V.; shall call unto corded in Mo.tt. :i:::xii 42-45, which he ho.d him for shall call. To you is the promise doubtless henrd) shows could not opply to (see eh. i. 4; ii. 83). There is also a reference De.vid himself, but only ~ David's Lord. to the prophecy in Joel, quoted in vers. Ver. 85.-TiU for unti1., A.V.; Oiine ene- 17-21. To all that are afar oft'; i.e. the miea for thy foe1., A.V.; the footstool of tlig Gentiles, as appears clearly from Eph. ii. feet for tl, y footstool, A. V. 17, where the same phrase is applied to the Ter. 36.-Let all the h()11,Se of Iarael there- Ephesian Cbristio.ns, and the Jcwbh Chris- fore for therefore let all the house of IB1'ael, tians a.re spoken of as " those tbe.t were A.V.; him both Lord and Christ, thia Je8tl8 nigh." The fulfilment to the Gentiles is wlunn ye erueified for that aame JetnU whom specie.lly recorded ( eh. x. 45 ; xi. 15, IS. ye hatJe erucified, both Lord and Christ, A. V ., etc.). Shall call unto him(comp. Rom. i. 6; a change very much for the worse, inasmuch viii. 28, SO; ix. 24; 1 Cor. i. 2; Go.I. i. 6, as the R.V. is not e.n English phrase, e.nd etc.), which confirm the application of the ndds nothing io the sense. " afar oft"" to the Gentiles. Ver. 37.-The rest for to the ren, A. V.; Ver. 40.-He testified, and ezliorted for brethren for men and brethren, A. V. did he teatify and ezhort, A.V.; crooked for Pricked in their hee.rt (1<a.,..l'V')'111Ta11). The untoward, A.V. Save yourselves, etc. The LXX. rendering of Ps. cix. 16 (15, Prayer- idea is that the crooked generation which Look), "broken," or "vexed at the he,,rt." denied and crucified the Lord is hurrying Gen. m.iv, 7 it is rendered "grieved." Unto on to their destruction. Those who would 'Peter and the rest of the apostles. It is not perish with them must come out from important to note from the beginning the amongst them and bo separate from them relative position of Peter and the other (2 Cor. vi. 19), e.nrl seek safety in the ark apostles; e. certain primacy a.ad precedence, of Christ's Church (1 Pet. iii. 21), as Nooh both in place a.ad in action, he he.s un- did in the ark, and as Lot did in Zoar. So doubtedly. He is always named first, and the jailer e.t Philippi, seeking to be saved, he acts first, in preaching both to Jews and we.s baptized straightway (eh. xvi. 80-33). Gentiles. The keys are in his hands, and This was the drift and end of' all St. Peter'• the door is first opened u he turns the exhortations. llll, U. 1-4,7,] THE AO1'B or THE APOSTLES. 55