The Pulpit Commentary — Acts — Volume 1 — Section 291

artiflcfol harbour at the month of tho now, both o.s a tnlcen of his rnir:1culo11s ouro, Oydnus which formed the seaport of and thnt he migl,t carry it away (Mark ii. 'farsus. It is not improbable that Paul 9-12). JEncas i3 e. Greek name, not identic'>l lrLnded at Selcucia, since he says (Gal. i. 21) with lJ!'neas (Alveiao), but occurring in thnt he come at this time "into the regions Thucydirles and elsewhere. If it was a of Syria ond Oilicio," which is exactly what Hebrew name, it might be derive,l fro1n he would hove done if he hod landed at ci;i )'.Jl, "(whom) the eye epureth." It is un- ot Seleuoio, the seaport of Antioch. certain whether 1Eneas we.a a disciple or n/Jt. Ver. 31.-So the Ohurch . . . had peace, Ver. 35.-Jn Bhaum for at Baron, A.V.: being edified for then had the Ohurches they turned for turned, A.V. In Sharoa, rest, . .. and were edified, A.V. o.nd T.R.: Tile Greek represents the Hebrew j\7.1 waB multiplied for were multiplied, A.V. Sharon, which is the name of the rich plai;; and T.R. It is thought that the o.ttention which stretches from Joppo. to Caisarea (see of the Jews to tho progress of the faith of Isa. xxxiii. 9). The no.me still lingerg in Jesus Christ was diverto,l o.t this time, and the village of Baron. They turned; muni• their active hostility stu.yed, l:iy the still feetly an improvement ?n the A. V., as giving greater danger to the Jews' religion which the sense of o1Ttver, viz. that all who saw arose from Caligula's intention of plncing a the paralytio walking, turned, a3 a. conse- statue to himself as o god in the holy of quence, to the Lord, in whose Name the holies. Thus did God's gracious providence wonderful miracle had been wrought. A intervene to give rest to his harassed saints, very extcnai ve conversion of the people of and to build up his Church in numbers, in Lydda. and of Sharon is signified. holiness,and in heavenly comfort. Especially Paul had another breathing-time, which Ver. 36.-Joppa.; now Jaffa., the ancient may have been the more required if, as is see.port of Jerusalem (Jonah i. 3; 2 Chron. thought, one at least of the five scourgings ii. 16). It we.s in the tribe of Dan (Josh. mentioned in 2 Cor. xii. 24 had been xix. 46). A certain disciple; e. female inflicted at Damascus, and one of the three disciple, a.a the word means: µa.61'/Tp,a. only shipwrecks alluded to in the same passage occurs here in the New Testament o.nd rarely had been undergone in the dan"erous elsewhere. Tabitha; the Aramean form ol: coo.sting voyage from C:cesareo. to Se le~cio. the Hebrew '?li, e. gazelle, or in Greek Ver. 32.-Went for passed, A.V.: all parts Dorca:i. The beauty and grace of the gazelle made it an appropriate name for o. (6,?. ,rcl.wrc.w) for all quarters, A. V. All po.rte. Alford, following Meyer, understands woman. Some have thought, with prof,a- "through a.II the eoints," which is scarcely bility, that she was e. deaconess of the so well. The cu1Tent of St. Luke's narrative Church. The thirty-eighth verse &hows is here temporarily diverted from St. Paul, that there was already a Church o.t Joppa in order to trace the.t portion of St. Peter's About half the population of seven thousand o.postolio work, which led immediately to a.re said to be still Christians. Compare th11,t opening of the door of faith to tile the qualifications of 11, widow a.a ~et forth by Gentiles in which Peter we.a to have the St. Paul (1 Tim. v. 10). The phro.ae, good priority in point of time (Me.tt. xvi. 18, 19), works, is quite Pauline (Eph. ii. 10; Col. i. but Paul the chief burden of labour e.nd 10; Titus ii. 7; 1 Tim. ii 10). Almsdeeds. danger (Go.I. ii. 7-9: Rom. x.i. 13), and The word alms (from •"-•11µoa-uv-fi) is one of whioh we.a also the me.in subject of St. those Greek words which has been domiciled Luke's history. He co.me down; Lydda in the English language tlirough the Church. (afterwards called Diospolis, now Ludd), So bishop, pi-iest, deacon, K6pt• IAewro,, being more tbo.n ho.lf-wo.y between Jerusalem trisagion, stole, Paschal, Litany, Liturgy, and the sea-coo.et o.t Joppo. and many others. Ver. 33.-For he was palsied for and waa Ver. 37.-Fell sick for111aasick,A.V.; and eiclc of the palsy, A.V. 111hen they had washed her for whom 111hen Ver. 34.-Healeth thee for maketh thee they had washed, A.V. For the phrase i.n whole, A.V.: etraightway he arose for he those do.ye, comp. eh. vi. 1. The days he~e arose immediately, A.V. Jeans Christ heo.leth meant a.re those while Peter we.s in tllose thee. The juxtaposition, liiTal <t• "h1a-ovs, po.rte. An upper oho.mber ( ~=p1o•), os iu looks a.I.most like o.n intentional play upon oh. i.13. The upper chamber was much more the sound. Some of the Fe.there who did private and quiet than a room on the ground nol know Hebrew derived the nome 'l71a-ovs floor ( see 2 Kings iv. 10, 11 ). frt>m ld.oµa,, and the Anglo-Saxon no.me for Ver. 38.-As for forairmU,(Jh as, .A.V.: the Saviour Hmlend, the Healer, seemB unto for to, A.V.; the diaciplea, hearing to h11,ve the ea.me origin. Arise and make , , . 1tmt for and tha discipled had heard thy bed, Not (eoys Meyer), "Henceforth . . . they sent, .A.V.; two men unto him for mo.k? thine own bed," but, 11,11 the foroe of unto him two men, .A.V.; intreating for . the imperative aorist requires, make '1111 bed ,lairing, A.V.: delay not to OQ11l6 on unto u•  188 THE AOTS OF THE APOSTLES, [OH, IX, 1-43.