Ver. 41.-T/iey tl1e11 for then they, A.V.: Ver. 46.-Day by day C<YT1tfoui'Tl(J 9t,.a,t. received for r,ladly received, A. V. and T.R.; fa,lly for they continui11g daily, A.V.; at there were added unto tl1em in tl,at day for liome for from house to house, A. V. ; they did !he Bame day there were arldcd unto them, ta1'e their food for did eat their meal, A. V. A.V. Gladly reoeived, The beet m:mu• In the temple. It is very remarkable that eoripte omit l.11µe110,s, which, indeed, is at this early age of the Church's existence superlluou~, RB the word l.1r0Slxoµa, contains Christfans did not deem thcm.sel ves sepa.- lu itself the idea. of a kind reception-a rnted from their Jewish brethren, or from welcome (Luko viii. 40; eh. xv. 4; xxiv. 3). the Old Te8tament institutions. Chris- Ver. 42.-Teaching for doctrine, A.V.; in tianity was but Judaism perfected ; the the brealcing for and in breaking, A.V. and gospel the full blossoming of the Law. The T.R.: the prayera for in prayer, A.V. And first Christian Jews, therefore, did not con- fellowship; better, as in the ma.rgin, in ceive of themsdves as quitting the religion fell.owBliip; not meaning the apostles' fellow- of their fathers, but ro.ther hoped that their ship, but the fellowship of the Church-that whole nation would in a short time e.cknow- common life of close brotherhood in which ledge Jesus to be tl,e Christ. Christian all that they did was done in common, e.nd institutions, therefore-the prayers, the all that they p,)ssessed was possessed in breaking of bread, the prophesyings and common, so that there seemed to be but on" speaking with tongues, an,l the apostolic heart and one mind amongst them all. tcnchings-were supplemental to the temple :Brea.king of bread; in the Holy Eucharist service, not antagonistic to it; and the (see Matt. xxvi. 26; Mark xiv. 22: Luke church took the place rather of the syna- :uii. 19: xxiv. 30: 1 Cor. xi. 24; x. 16; gogue than of the lcmple(see 'Diet.of Bible:' eh. xx. 7). The prayers; the common prayers "Synagogue''). At home. Tl.iis version of tho Church. hardly represents the true idea ,,f the Ver. 43.-Foar oame, etc. This seems to origi,ml; Ka"T' oIKov represents the private be spoken of the nwe which fell upon the Christian place of meeting, as contrasted whole people, and restrained them from with the temple. The mcnuiug is not tha.t inte1·fel'ing with the disciples. Just as nt every disciple broke bread in his own house, the first settlement of Israel in the l:i.nd of b,1t that tllcv broke bre.,d nt the house Canaan God laid the fea.r of them nnd the whcro the Christian assemblies were held, dread of them upon all the fond (Dent. xi. whether one or more. Wo have already 25), so now tlio fear engendered by the seen the Church gathered together "in an events on the day of Pentecost, by the signs upper rooru" ( eh. i. 13), in "one place," in and wonders which followed and by the "a house" (ell. ii. 1, 2), and "together" wonderful unitv and holiness of the new• (ver. 44; see too eh. iv. 31); and wo know born Clrnrch, so wrought upon every soul thnt ns the synagogue was called ;i\,;, n•:;;, at Jerusnlem that nil enmity wns pnralyzed, house of prnyer, or nc:-p;:i n•2, the house of and the disciples had time to multiply assemblage, so the Christian place of meet- and to consolidate and estnblish themselves before the storm of persecution fell upon ing was called ,I Kvp1a,cbs oi,cor, the Lord's house, whence the word "church." (For them. Ver. 44.-Were together (l1rl .,.b cz/,.,.J; see breaking bread, see above, ver. 42.) They eh. i. 15, note, and above, ver. 42). Ho.d all did te.ke their food, The link of connection is the a:y.£'"1 or love-feast, which formed an things common. Just as the 'fransfigura- tion gave a po.ssing glimpse of the state of lifo, of tbepart importo.nt of the ,coivwvia., or common enrly Christians. The wliolo glory, so here we havo a specimen of what description is n be,mtiful picture of Christian Christian love and unity in itd perfection, and unchecked by contact with the world unity, piety, Jove, and joy. wit.bout, would, nnd perhnps some dny will, Ver. 47.-To them day by day for to the produce. But even nt Jerusalem this bright Church daily, A.V. und T.R.; those that were vision of a pnrndise on earth was soon being Baved for •uch as should be Ba-r,ed, A.V. troubled by the earthly dissensions recorded Added to them day by day. The R.T. has in eh. vi.; nnd the Christian community iustoad of .,.ii /,c,c/\.11rr(q. the words ,1r! .,.1, received a timely lesson that things good avr&, which in eh. ii. 1 are properly ren- in thcmeel ves are not al wnys practicable in dered " in one plncti," but do not sc-em to an evil world, where sluggish virtues rcquiro be rendered at all in the R.V. of this verre. the stimulants of bodily wants to draw them In fnct, they have no sense unless you con- out nnd strengthen them, 1md whew hypo- strne them with roh rrw(oµ,vous, "tuose crisy ofl.on clnims tho kiu,lly offices which who escaped to the samo place," i.e. to the nro due only to disriples indeed. Churoh. But it seems most prnbl1ble that Ver. 45.-'l'hey Bold for Bold, A.V.; all for tho words '"! ro avr& do renlly belonµ: to all men, A.V.; according a, any for a, every, eh. iii. 1, where they 11ro found in the T.R. A.V. If rfi /1<1</\.11rri'f docs not properly belong to d8 THE ACTS OF THE APOSTL:l<:8. [on. u. 1-47,
the text (i~ is wanting in A, B, 0, N, at:.d who were ndded to the Church were those many versions), then wpocr,.,/9,. must l,e who oomplie<l. with the exhortntinn, 1tncl tuken 1tbsol utely, as wpocr,.,,e,,,,.,.., is in ver. eeraped from complicity witll their unbo- <H, the Church, or the disoiples boino- lie\'ing countrymen. They were the rem• understood. Those that were being eavecf. nant that escaped. (See the use of ol The exhortation in ver. 40 WW!" Save your- .,..,(Jµ•••• in tho LXX. (2 Chron. :11:. 25, 11elv011 from this arooked generation." Those cto.), and eeo llfork xvi. 16.)