The Pulpit Commentary — Acts — Volume 1 — Section 165

Ver. 24.-The captain of the teniple for The guilty oonscienco winced at every word t1,e high priut and the captain, eto., A.V. which spake of Jesus Obrist o.s living. The and 'l'.R.; tDOrd~ for things, A.V.; taere high priest, too, would not so much as name much perpkud concerning them for doiwted the no.me of Josue. It was •· this no.me," of Uiem, A.V. The captain of the temple, "this man;" as in the T&lmud, J eeue ii et-0. l\Icyer, followed by Alford, retains most frequently spoken of a.a Teloni, i.e. the T.R., in whioh the word for the high "such a ono," in Sp&nish and Portuguese priest is o i,p,h. It is true th&t this word Fula.no, or still more contemptuously a.a" thai nccur• nowhere else in the New Testament mo.n '' (Farr&r, 'Life of St. Paul,' vol. i. fnr "the high priest." But in tho Old p. 108). This terror of blood-guiltiness is 'l'estament 1::i:: is very frequently used to a striking comment on the sayiug reoorded designate the hic:h priest, as Exod. :xxix. in Matt. xxvii. 25. 30; :nxv. 19; Numb. iii. 32; 2 Chron. Ver. 29.-But for t.hen, A.V.: tho apostle, xxii. 11; 2 Kings xxii. 10; l King& i 8, for tho other apostles, A. V.; must for ought et-0.; and in ench ple.oes is represented by ro, A.V. Peter is the spokesman, the sen• i,p,vs in the LXX. So th:1t St. Luke m&y timent is that of the united apostolate, very probably have used it here where the Must obey God, oto. The rule is a golden context m&do the meaning clear, and where one for &11 men, all ciroumstances, and all he intended to use the word "f'X"P•is for time (oomp. eh. iv. 19). Peter does not "the chief priests." For the captain, see deny having received the prohibition, but nbnve (eh. iv. 1, note). He was especially pleads the superior force of the commo.nd of interested as being, probably, the offioerwho God, as set forth in the following verses. had arrested the apostles the day before. Ver. 30.-Ha11ging him for and hanged, Wore mllllh perple%ed concerning. The A.V. The God of onr fathers, eto. Observe verb (liuurop,..,), which only occnrs in the how carefully Peter preserves his own New Testament here and eh. ii. 12, L 17, brotherhood with the Jews whom he was Luke iL 7, and (in the middle Toice) Lnke addressing, and the continuity of the New xxiT. 4, means properly "to be in doubt Testament with the Old Testo.ment as which road to take," hence genern.lly to be being the sequel of the aots of the same in donbt, perplexity. Them may apply God of Israel. Raised np ; viz. from the either to the 1JJordB, the strange things just dead; f)-yEtp<, not a.vicr,,..,,, as eh. iii 22, 26. reported to them, or to the apostles abont Some, however (Calvin, Bengel, eto.), take whom the things were reported. It seems -lry<1p<, as here used, to mean " raised np" most naturn.l to refer it to the 1aorda. They in the wider sense of 41'11crrijcr111, e.s in the were in donbt and perplexity e.s to what il T.R. of eh. xiii. 23, where, however, the would all grow to. R.T. has -lr),<Z')'•• Blew; viz. with yonr own , er. 25.-.And there came one for Chen hands, as li"X"pfcr,ur8e means. It only came one, A. V.; behold for saying, Behold, occurs besides in eh. :u:vi. 27. A.V. 11.nd T.R.; the priscm for prison, A.V.; Ver. 31.-Did God ezalt for hath Gotl in the temple standing for standing in the e:rolted, A.V. : remission for f orgivenes,, temple, A. V. Standing implying the ea.Im, .A.. V. With his right hand i i.e. by hi1 fearless attitude of the men. '!'here is an mighty power, as the instrument of Christ's apparent reference in the mind of the writer exaltation. A Prince ( eh. iii, 15, note). to the words of the o.ngel in ver. 20, " Go Be!"!!".tance first, " a new heart and a new ye, and stand and spee.k." spirit" (Ezek. xx.xvi 26), and forgiveness Ver. 26.-But untJund for 1aithout, A. V.: next (comp. eh. ii. 38; iii. 19, etc.). lest they should be, omitting 1va., for lest they Ver. 32,'-Witnesses for his untneue,, A.V. should ha1Je l-un, with !va., A. V. and T.R. and T.R.; so ill the Holy Ghost for ,o is also Lest they should be, etc. The best way of the Holy Ghost, A.V. and 'l'.R. We are construing the words, whether 1.,,. is re- witnesses. The direct reference is to the tained or not, is to make the clause " leot command recorded in eh. i. 8, which they they should be stoned" depend n pon "not felt imperatively bouncl to obey. So is the with violence ; " putting "for they feared Holy Ghost. 'fhe Holy Ghost bare witness the people" into a parenthesis; thus ex- to the gospel preached by the apostles by plaining why they thougllt it dangerous to the powers which lie gave them to heal and UBc violence. work miracles, and by the conversion of Ver. 28.-We ~frailly charged for did not many who heard the word: "the gospel 1JJe 11traitlg wm.mand f .A.. V. and T.R.; not preached with the Holy Ghost sent down to for tJ.at ye 11hould not, A. V. ; teaching from heaven" (1 Pet. i 12). Mark the for doctrine, A.V. We straitly charged, etc.: solemnity and authority which Peter claimed brep,,,-,-ci.t., seems to require a question to for the gospel by thus asserting thnt the follow. Yonr teaching (for the command, Holy Ghost was the wi~ness with the see eh. iv. 18). Intend to bring, etc. He1·e apostles to the truth of their testi1110111 tlw l!lCret of the penec"Qtioti oomes o"Qt. concerning J es111 Obrist.  on. v, 1-4'2.] THE .ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. 161