The Pulpit Commentary — Acts — Volume 1 — Section 339

The oommcntators nil notice tho ungram• Ver. 31.-Saitl, for Raid, A.V. matioal phrase, i"(<V<To ToiJ •l"•AO<w, of the Ver. 32.-Unw thee for hither, A.V.; who R.T. It seems to be o. mixture of two con- ls B>Jrnamed for whose aurname i8, A.V.; etruclione--i1l11,To ToiJ .;,,,M,,11 Tb11 nfrpov lo1(1eth for_ 18 lodged, A.V. i~evi(ETa< in th" nncl ws oi .1,,,;M,11 6 nfrpos. But probably middle voice; for the active see above tho T.R. is right. Worshipped him ; not ver. 23); 1?imo~ for one Simo;, A. V. Th~ nocesso.rily ns o. god, because "'P""''""''v (with clause which follows in tl,e AV "who o. dative or nu o.ccusutive, or, as here, without when he cometh shall speak ;nt~ thee" o.ny oase, Hobrew 17)!:V:-:11/"i!) is constantly is omitted in tho R.'l'. and R.V. ' used to express that prostration which Ver. 33.-Forthwith f,,r immediateliJ, A.V.; Orientals practised before those whorn they 11Je are for are 11Je, A.V.; in the siglt't of for wishod to honour; e.g. Gen. xxiii. 7, 12 ; before, A.V.; have been for are, A.V.; the xxxiii. 3, 6, 7, etc. Ilut Peter's answer Lord for God, A.V. and T.R. shows that ho saw in it greater honour thau Ver. 34.-.And for then, A.V. ought to be paid by one mo.n to another (see eh. xiv. 15). Ver. 35.-.Acceptable to for accepted with., Ver. 26.-Raised for took, A.V. A.V. As regards the tmth that God is no Ver, 21.-Findeth for fiJund, A.V.; many respecter of persons, which the present inci- come for many that were come, A.V. dent had brought home so vividly to Peter's Ver. 28.-Ye yourselves for ye, A.V.; to apprehension, there can be no difficulty in join himself for to keep company, A. V. ; and understanding it. Cornelius was devout yet unto me hath God ~howed for but God he feared .G?d, he was [ruitful in praye; hath showed me, A.V. Ye yourselves know. and almsg:ivmg. God did not say to him It was notorious among the Romans that "All this would have bee!l accepted in ~ the Jews kept themsol ves aloof from other Jew, but cannot be noticed in a Gentile." people. Hence the accusation against them, But, Gentile !15 he was. his prayers and alm3 in common with Christians, of being haters went up for a memorial before God. If the of the human race. 'l'acitus, so.ye of them things done were good in th_emselves, they that they hated all people, except their were equally good whoever did them. God own couutrymen, as their enemies, and is no respecter of persons to accept or reject 1·efused to eat or intermarry with them one or another, becaase of icho he is, and (" Separati epulis discreti cubilibus; " not because of what he does (Eph. vi. S). 'Hist.,' v. 5). The word lu..ll.6,pvll.os, one ot The rule is glory, honour, and peace to another nation, occurs only here in the New every one that worketh good, to the Jew Testament, but is common iu the LXX. first and also to the Gentile, for there is often as a synonym for "Philistines" (see no respect of persons with God (Rom. ii. Judg. iii. 3, etc.). This rather refutes 10, 11). The word wpo(1o,,roi\,\r.T1JS (respecter Mayer's remark that "the designation (of of persons) occurs only here at all; ,rpo• Gentiles) here is tenderly forbe1ning." uo,,rol\1J,rr{o, ~to accept.. or respect persons), Ver. 29.-Wherefore also I came for there- once only, ID Jas. u. 9 ; '11'po,,c.nro/',.7J,J,,a fore came I unw you, A.V.; when for as soon (respect -~f .f~rsons),}~om. ii. 11; Eph. vi. as, A.V. ; wiih what for / or what, A. V. ; 9; Col. m. ~.J; Jas. u. 1. Tho same idea is ye sent for ye have sent, A.V. expressed by wp,foo,,ro;, l\aµ/3a.rnv by whioh Ver. 30.-Until this hour, 1 was keeping the LXX. render the Hebrew' □'"'l 1-:~•: the ninth. hour of pmyer for I was fastinu nnd by wp6(10,,ro11 Oauµa.~••iv. by which tb'ey until this hour, and at the ninth hour I also render it and the kindred phrase, prayed, A.V. and T.R.; apparel for clothing, Cl'Hil,::i~ (see Lev. xi.x. 15; Dent. x. 17, A.V. Fonr days ago. This was the fourth eto.). The first phrase occurs in Luke ia. 21 day (see ver. 23, note). Until this hour, and Go.I. ii. 6; the latter only in Jade 16, etc. The reo.ding of thll R. T. is not where it is rightly rendered in the R.V., !ldopted by Meyer or Alford, and the R.V. "showing respeot of persons." Another is unintelligible. The A.V. seems to give phrase is lz:rrpo(To,-:rol\177r-ro,s (without respect the meaning clearly and accurately. Until of persons), 1 Pet. i. 17, and {3,\&.ew e,s this hour probably denotes the sixth hour, ,rpoo-onrov (to regard the person), Matt. xxii. midday, as iu var. 9. Pater's journey 16; Mark xii. 14. would nature.Hy have been taken in the Ver. 36.-He for God, A.V.; preaching cool of the early morning. Starting o.t good tidinus of peace for preaching peace, 5 or 6 o..m., five hours, with perhn.ps an A.V. hour's halt, would bring him to the end of Ver. 31.-That saying ye your~el11es kno1a hie fifteen miles' journey by 11 or 12 a.m. for that ioord, I say, ye know, A. V.; be- :6,pparel. The e!lmo phruee, ;,,e'l,s ll.a,.,.1rpd., ginning for and began, A.. V. The constru~- 1s us~d. by St. Luke (xxiii. 11). In tho tion of vers. 36, 37, and 38, is somewhr1.t clescr1p~1on of the transfiguration a stronger difficult, but by far the easiest and most expression is ueed 1 /l11uTpd.wn111 1 dazzling, natural way, both as regards grummar and  336 THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. [OR. :L 1--48.