Acts 14:1-7
Acts 14:1-7. PREACHING AT ICONIUM. THE APOSTLES FORCED TO FLEE.... [ Continue Reading ]
Acts 14:1-7. PREACHING AT ICONIUM. THE APOSTLES FORCED TO FLEE.... [ Continue Reading ]
ΚΑΤᾺ ΤῸ ΑΥ̓ΤῸ ΕἸΣΕΛΘΕΙ͂Ν ΑΥ̓ΤΟῪΣ ΕἸΣ ΤῊΝ ΣΥΝΑΓΩΓΉΝ, _that they went both together into the synagogue_. These words probably refer not to one special visit, but to repeated occasions in which Paul and Barnabas appeared as fellow-labourers before the Jewish congregation in Iconium. For an example of... [ Continue Reading ]
ΟἹ ΔῈ�. Render, _but the Jews that were disobedient_. The same verb is found John 3:36, where the rendering should be ‘he that _obeyeth not_ the Son shall not see life.’ The word is stronger than ‘unbelieving,’ it expresses unbelief breaking forth into rebellion, and so exactly describes the charact... [ Continue Reading ]
καὶ before ΔΙΔΌΝΤΙ omitted with ABDEP. Not represented in _Vulg_. 3. ἹΚΑΝῸΝ ΜῈΝ ΟΥ̓͂Ν ΧΡΌΝΟΝ ΔΙΈΤΡΙΨΑΝ, _long time therefore abode they_. There are two results described in this and the following verse as the consequences of the Jewish opposition. First, a long stay was necessary that, by the words... [ Continue Reading ]
ΟἹ ΜῈΝ ἯΣΑΝ ΣῪΝ ΤΟΙ͂Σ ἸΟΥΔΑΊΟΙΣ, _part held with the Jews_. For a similar division see the history of the preaching at Thessalonica, Acts 17:4-5. That His word should cause such division had been foretold by Jesus (Luke 12:51).... [ Continue Reading ]
ὩΣ ΔῈ ἘΓΈΝΕΤΟ ὉΡΜΉ, _but when there was an onset made_. The noun does not necessarily imply that any direct attack had been made, which, from what follows, we can see was not the case. It rather refers to the excitement, urging, and instigation which the Jews were applying to their heathen companion... [ Continue Reading ]
ΣΥΝΙΔΌΝΤΕΣ, _they being ware of it_. The Apostles were not without friends among the people, and of the party which sided with them there would be some who could get information about any attack which was being planned against them. It is to be noticed that throughout the history there is no attempt... [ Continue Reading ]
ὑπάρχων omitted with אABCDE. Unrepresented in _Vulg_. 8. ἘΝ ΛΎΣΤΡΟΙΣ, _at Lystra_. This place lay almost south from Iconium, if the site generally assigned to it, at the foot of the _Karadagh_, be the correct one. See _Dict. of the Bible_. It is most probable that this was the home of Timothy. We ca... [ Continue Reading ]
CURE OF A CRIPPLE AT LYSTRA. THE HEATHEN PEOPLE REGARD THE APOSTLES AS GODS.... [ Continue Reading ]
ΟὟΤΟΣ ἬΚΟΥΣΕΝ Κ.Τ.Λ., _this man heard Paul speaking_. The aorist leaves it quite indefinite whether the man heard on this one occasion only, or had listened to frequent teachings, and so become filled with faith in what was taught. ὋΣ�, _who fastening his eyes upon him_. This verb is common with St... [ Continue Reading ]
ΕἾΠΕΝ ΜΕΓΆΛΗΙ ΦΩΝΗ͂Ι, _said with a loud voice_, i.e. raising his tone above that in which his ordinary address was given. Chrysostom says, διατὶ μεγάλῃ φωνῇ; ὥστε τοὺς ὄχλους πιστεῦσαι, having their attention called to the cure which followed at once upon the words. ἈΝΆΣΤΗΘΙ ἘΠῚ ΤΟῪΣ ΠΌΔΑΣ ΣΟΥ ὈΡΘΌΣ... [ Continue Reading ]
ΛΥΚΑΟΝΙΣΤΊ, _in the speech of Lycaonia_. Which would come more naturally to their lips than any other. The people were bilingual, and St Paul had been speaking to them in Greek. This fact may give us some additional light on the question of what the gift of tongues was which was bestowed upon the Ap... [ Continue Reading ]
ἘΚΆΛΟΥΝ ΤΕ ΤῸΝ ΒΑΡΝΆΒΑΝ ΔΊΑ, ΤῸΝ ΔῈ ΠΑΥ͂ΛΟΝ ἙΡΜΗ͂Ν, _and they called Barnabas, Jupiter_ [Zeus]; _and Paul, Mercurius_ [Hermes]. Of course this was not known until afterwards. We can understand how the heathen people concluded that if any deity came to visit them with a beneficent purpose it would be... [ Continue Reading ]
αὐτῶν after ΠΌΛΕΩΣ omitted with אABCDE. Not represented in _Vulg_. 13. Ὅ ΤΕ ἹΕΡΕῪΣ ΤΟΥ͂ ΔΙῸΣ ΤΟΥ͂ ὌΝΤΟΣ ΠΡῸ ΤΗ͂Σ ΠΌΛΕΩΣ, _the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city_, i.e. ‘whose temple was before their city.’ Zeus was their tutelar divinity, and it was to his priest that the people ran wit... [ Continue Reading ]
ἘΞΕΠΉΔΗΣΑΝ for εἰσεπήδησαν with אABCDE. _Vulg_. ‘exsilierunt.’ 14. ἈΚΟΎΣΑΝΤΕΣ ΔΈ, _but when they heard_. As they did first from the clamour and excitement of the would-be worshippers. ἘΞΕΠΉΔΗΣΑΝ, _they sprang out_. They were horror-stricken at what was contemplated, and with garments rent to shew,... [ Continue Reading ]
ΕΥ̓ΑΓΓΕΛΙΖΌΜΕΝΟΙ, _preaching unto you_. Literally, ‘bringing you good tidings’ as the message must be which makes known to men a living God in the place of a dumb idol. ἈΠῸ ΤΟΎΤΩΝ ΤΩ͂Ν ΜΑΤΑΊΩΝ ἘΠΙΣΤΡΈΦΕΙΝ, _that ye should turn from these vain things_. τὰ μάταια is a frequent expression in the LXX.... [ Continue Reading ]
ὋΣ ἘΝ ΤΑΙ͂Σ ΠΑΡΩΙΧΗΜΈΝΑΙΣ ΓΕΝΕΑΙ͂Σ Κ.Τ.Λ., _who in bygone generations suffered all the heathen to walk in their own ways_. On this cf. Acts 17:30; Romans 1:2. ΠΟΡΕΎΕΣΘΑΙ ΤΑΙ͂Σ ὉΔΟΙ͂Σ. This phrase in the LXX. almost always has the preposition ἐν, but it is found without a preposition (according to s... [ Continue Reading ]
ἈΓΑΘΟΥΓΩ͂Ν for ἀγαθοποιῶν with אABC. 17. ΟΥ̓Κ�, _He left not Himself without witness_. This is the same argument which the Apostle employs (Acts 17:27) to the more philosophic multitude whom he addressed on Mars’ Hill. God’s natural teaching is meant to speak alike to all men. Cf. also the similar... [ Continue Reading ]
ΤΟΥ͂ ΜῊ ΘΎΕΙΝ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΙ͂Σ, _that they had not done sacrifice unto them_. Here the genitival infinitive is in strict government by the verb κατέπαυσαν, which like other verbs of detention and hindering can be properly constructed with a genitive.... [ Continue Reading ]
ἈΠῸ ἈΝΤΙΟΧΕΊΑΣ ΚΑῚ ἸΚΟΝΊΟΥ ἸΟΥΔΑΙ͂ΟΙ, _certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium_. Their anger, like that of ‘the circumcision’ in Jerusalem, was roused against the Apostles, whom they knew to be born Jews, but whom they saw casting away the legal restraints to which they themselves clung. They therefor... [ Continue Reading ]
CHANGE OF FEELING IN THE MULTITUDE. PAUL IS STONED. THE APOSTLES VISIT DERBE, AND THEN RETURN, BY THE ROUTE BY WHICH THEY CAME, TO ANTIOCH IN SYRIA... [ Continue Reading ]
ΚΥΚΛΩΣΆΝΤΩΝ ΔῈ ΤΩ͂Ν ΜΑΘΗΤΩ͂Ν ΑΥ̓ΤΌΝ, _but as the disciples stood round about him_. Among this ring of disciples we may well believe that the young Timothy was included. Braving all danger that might attend on their act, the believers at Lystra gathered about what they, as well as his assailants, dee... [ Continue Reading ]
ΜΑΘΗΤΕΎΣΑΝΤΕΣ ἹΚΑΝΟΎΣ, _and having made many disciples_. According to Christ’s words (Matthew 28:19), μαθητεύσατε πάντα τὰ ἔθνη. Of course teaching was a part of the process, but μαθητεύειν implies a stage beyond that. Perhaps ‘Gains of Derbe,’ whom St Luke mentions as one of Paul’s companions in a... [ Continue Reading ]
ἘΠΙΣΤΗΡΊΖΟΝΤΕΣ ΤᾺΣ ΨΥΧᾺΣ ΤΩ͂Ν ΜΑΘΗΤΩ͂Ν, _confirming the souls of the disciples_. The strengthening indicated by ἐπιστηρίζειν is of that kind which St Peter was charged to afford to his fellow disciples. ‘When thou art converted _strengthen_ (στήρισον) thy brethren,’ i.e. by warnings and exhortations... [ Continue Reading ]
ΚΑΤ' ἘΚΚΛΗΣΊΑΝ ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΈΡΟΥΣ with אABCD. _Vulg_. ‘per singulas ecclesias presbyteros.’ 23. ΧΕΙΡΟΤΟΝΉΣΑΝΤΕΣ, _having ordained_. The word is found elsewhere in N.T. only in 2 Corinthians 8:19. It is used of the like ordination in the ‘Teaching of the Twelve Apostles,’ 15, χειροτονήσατε οὖν ἑαυτοῖς ἐπι... [ Continue Reading ]
ΚΑῚ ΛΑΛΉΣΑΝΤΕΣ ἘΝ ΠΈΡΓΗΙ ΤῸΝ ΛΌΓΟΝ, _and when they had spoken the word in Perga_. Which, for some unstated reason, they appear not to have done as they passed through it before. See Acts 13:13-14, note. ΕἸΣ ἈΤΤΆΛΕΙΑΝ, _to Attalia_. A seaport of Pamphylia, at the mouth of the river Catarrhactes. For... [ Continue Reading ]
ὍΘΕΝ ἮΣΑΝ ΠΑΡΑΔΕΔΟΜΈΝΟΙ ΤΗ͂Ι ΧΆΡΙΤΙ ΤΟΥ͂ ΘΕΟΥ͂, _from whence they had been commended to the grace of God_. It is necessary to recur to the more usual meaning of παραδίδοσθαι before we reach the whole sense of these words. It is most commonly used of giving up to enemies, and of exposing to danger; a... [ Continue Reading ]
ΚΑῚ ΣΥΝΑΓΑΓΌΝΤΕΣ ΤῊΝ ἘΚΚΛΗΣΊΑΝ, _and having gathered the Church together_, i.e. the Christian congregation at Antioch who had been moved by the Spirit (Acts 13:2) to send them forth. It was fitting therefore that to them should be made a declaration of the results of the Apostolic mission. ὍΣΑ ἘΠΟΊ... [ Continue Reading ]
ἐκεῖ omitted with אABCD. Not represented in _Vulg_. 28. ΔΙΈΤΡΙΒΟΝ ΔῈ ΧΡΌΝΟΝ … ΜΑΘΗΤΑΙ͂Σ, _and they abode no little time with the disciples_. St Paul was naturally more attached to Antioch than to Jerusalem, for here was the centre where Gentiles had first formed a Church, and where consequently he... [ Continue Reading ]