CHAPTER 11 THE CHURCH AT JERUSALEM AND GENTILE CONVERTS—THE LIBERTY OF GRACE § 1. Peter’s Report to the Church at Jerusalem; or, the Admission of the Gentiles vindicated (Acts 11:1). § 2. The Origin of the Church at Antioch; or, the Preparation of a Centre for the Gentile Mission (Acts 11:19).... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 11:1. THE APOSTLES.—Peter and John (Acts 8:14), with James (Acts 12:2), and possibly the rest of the Twelve. THE BRETHREN.—The body of disciples. Acts 11:2. THEY THAT WERE OF THE CIRCUMCISION.—In the first instance all the Judæan disciples who were Jews, afterwards a party i... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 11:19. UPON THE PERSECUTION.—Or, _tribulation,_ ἀπὸ πῆς θλίψεως: better, _from_ (as an effect of) _the persecution,_ THAT AROSE ABOUT STEPHEN, ἐπὶ Στεφάνῳ—_i.e., on account of,_ rather than in the time of Stephen, which would have required ἐπὶ Στεφάνου. PHENICE.—“The region o... [ Continue Reading ]