ἐν Ἰκονίῳ (_Konia_), sometimes regarded as a Roman colony towards the end of the reign of Claudius, thus dignified on account of the title conferred upon the frontier town, Claudio Derbe. But Hadrian, not Claudius, constituted it a colony. In Acts 14:6 the Apostles flee from Iconium to the cities of... [ Continue Reading ]
ἀπειθοῦντες, see critical notes. If we read ἀπειθήσαντες, “that were disobedient,” R.V., but _cf._ John 3:36, and Page's note _in loco_. Lumby quotes Bar 1:19, and regards the expression here as stronger than “unbelieving,” rather unbelief breaking forth into rebellion, as in the case of these Jews... [ Continue Reading ]
ἱκανὸν μὲν οὖν χ. οὖν : as a result from the two previous verses, the accession to their numbers and the disaffection. Blass sees in the aorists ἐπήγ. and ἐκάκ. a proof that the disaffected Jews succeeded in their attempts, and he asks if this was so, how were the Apostles able to remain? The answer... [ Continue Reading ]
ἐσχίσθη δὲ, better “and the multitude” (see Page's note on Acts 14:3), _cf._ Acts 23:7; John 7:43. There is no such marked success in Acts 14:3 as in Ramsay's view. In Thessalonica, Acts 17:4-5, a similar division, _cf._ Luke 12:51. ἀποστόλοις : the note of Weiss here takes the word, not in its tech... [ Continue Reading ]
The real contrast is marked in this verse, ὡς δὲ ἐγέν. Hitherto the evil results indicated in Acts 14:2 had not resulted in an open combination of Jews and Gentiles to injure Paul and Barnabas, but now the Jews and their rulers were prepared to act in concert with the Gentiles, so that the oppositio... [ Continue Reading ]
συνιδόντες, _cf._ Acts 12:12; Acts 5:2, only in Luke and Paul, 1 Corinthians 4:4; 1Ma 4:21; 2Ma 4:41; 2Ma 14:26; 2Ma 14:30; 3Ma 5:50. κατέφυγον, _cf._ Matthew 10:23 : “We ought not to run into danger, but to flee from it if needful, like these leaders of the Church wishing to extend their preaching,... [ Continue Reading ]
See critical notes for reading in. κἀκεῖ; found in four other places in Acts, but not at all in Luke's Gospel. εὐαγγελ. ἦσαν : “they were engaged in preaching the Gospel,” Ramsay; on participle with ἦν or ἦσαν see Acts 1:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
ἐν Λύστροις : here neuter plural, and not as in Acts 14:6; Acts 14:21; feminine. Clemen, p. 115, and Jüngst, p. 131, see a proof in this that 8 18, or 21 a, was interpolated by a redactor. But Hilgenfeld points out that the same interchange of feminine singular and neuter plural recurs in Acts 16:1-... [ Continue Reading ]
οὗτος; a genuine Lucan mark of connection, Friedrich, p. 10. ἤκουε; “used to hear,” or “was listening to,” _i.e._, was an habitual hearer of Paul's preaching, see critical notes on D. Ramsay, _St, Paul_, pp. 114, 116, regards the man as a proselyte, _cf._ additions in Bezan text, but for another vie... [ Continue Reading ]
ἀνάσ.… ὀρθός : verb, as elsewhere, Acts 9:34; Acts 9:40, but only here with ἐπὶ τοὺς π., hitherto they had been too weak to support him, ὀρθός signifying that he was entirely whole, _cf._ reading in D. On ὀρθός see Hobart, p. 46: it was frequently used by medical writers, so by Hippocrates and Galen... [ Continue Reading ]
ἐπῆραν τὴν φ. αὐτῶν : aorist; lifted up their voices with a sudden outburst, and then went on to devise names for the two: ἐκάλουν, “were for calling,” imperfect; _cf._ Luke 1:54 (Rendall). The phrase here only found in Acts 2:14; Acts 22:22 and Luke 11:27; Friedrich, p. 29, _cf._ LXX, Judges 9:7; p... [ Continue Reading ]
ἐκὰλουν, see above on Acts 14:11. τὸν μὲν Β. Δία. τὸν δὲ Π. Ἑρμῆν. The relative estimate of the Lycaonians was strikingly in accordance with Oriental notions Barnabas, the more silent and passive, is identified with Jupiter; and Paul, the more active, with Mercury. Ramsay, _Church in the Roman Empir... [ Continue Reading ]
ὁ δὲ ἱερεὺς. Plural in; strongly rejected by Blass, with other details. Ramsay defends (p. 118), and points out that at each of the great temples in Asia Minor a college of priests would be in regular service: see also _Church in the Roman Empire_, pp. 52, 53. τοῦ Διὸς τοῦ ὄντος πρὸ τῆς π. αὐτῶν, se... [ Continue Reading ]
ἀκούσ.: how, we are not told; whether, as Blass supposes, they had returned to their lodgings, and hurried forth to the city gates when they heard what was going on, or whether, later in the day, they hurried from the city to the temple when they heard of the approaching sacrifice, we do not know, a... [ Continue Reading ]
ἄνδρες : brief address in accordance with the hurry of the moment. ὁμοιοπαθεῖς, James 5:17, “of like passions,” so R.V. in both passages, but ‘ _nature_ ' in margin, so Ramsay. But to others the latter word seems too general, and they explain it as meaning equally capable of passion or feeling, as o... [ Continue Reading ]
ὃς : God working not only in creation, but in history, not only the source of life but the personal living Guide and Ruler of man, even in His tolerance far removed from the easy indifference of the gods of Olympus. The three present participles ἀγαθ.… διδ.… ἐμπ.… mark the continuous activity and go... [ Continue Reading ]
καίτοιγε, see critical notes. If we read καίτοι the word is only found in the N.T. here and in Hebrews 4:3; used here as an adversative conjunction; see Simcox, _Language of the N. T._, p. 168, and further Blass, _Gramm._, pp. 242, 264; Viteau, _Le Grec du N. T._, p. 118 (1893); see Malachi 2:6; Mal... [ Continue Reading ]
μόλις : used only by Luke and Paul (with one exception of a quotation, 1 Peter 4:18), Luke 9:39, W.H [270]; four times in Acts, and Romans 5:7. κατέπαυσαν τοῦ μὴ, Acts 10:47, Burton, _N. T. Moods and Tenses_, pp. 159, 184. [270] Westcott and Hort's _The New Testament in Greek:_ Critical Text and No... [ Continue Reading ]
ἐπῆλθον δὲ : on readings to account for the interval see critical notes. Nothing in the narrative forbids some kind of interval, whilst nothing is said as to its duration. Ἰουδαῖοι : a proof of their enmity in that they undertook a long journey of some one hundred and thirty miles. πείσαντες τοὺς ὄ.... [ Continue Reading ]
κυκλ.: Bengel says “tanquam sepeliendum,” and others have held the same view, but the word need not imply more than that the disciples surrounded him, to help if human aid could profit, and to lament for him in his sufferings. Amongst the mourners the youthful Timothy may well have found a place. On... [ Continue Reading ]
ωὐαγγελ.: continuous preaching, present participle, and the result, many disciples; not “having taught many,” A.V., but “had made many disciples,” R.V., _cf._ Matthew 28:19. No doubt they pursued the same course as at Lystra, and again we have direct proof that the teaching of the Gospel was not in... [ Continue Reading ]
ἐπιστηρίζοντες : only in Acts, _cf._ Acts 15:32; Acts 15:41; for the simple verb see Acts 18:23 (W.H [272], R.V.), and Luke 22:32, and six times in St. Paul's Epistles, frequent in LXX, but not in any similar sense, although for the simple verb _cf._ Psalms 51:12 (Psalms 50:12 ἐμμένειν, Galatians 3:... [ Continue Reading ]
χειροτονήσαντες δὲ αὐτοῖς πρεσβ., see above, Acts 10:41, where the compound verb is used, “chosen of God,” ὑπὸ Θ. The simple verb is only used here and in 2 Corinthians 8:19 : lit [273], to elect by popular vote, by show of hands, but it is by no means a word of certain meaning, and came to be used,... [ Continue Reading ]
διελ. τὴν Π. “having made a missionary journey through Pisidia,” see above on Acts 13:6. Here it seems clearly implied that Pisidian Antioch was not in Pisidia, see above on Acts 13:14, and Ramsay, _St. Paul_, p. 124.... [ Continue Reading ]
καὶ λ. ἐν Πέργῃ τὸν λόγον : in the beginning of their journey they probably made a slight stay at Perga, but without preaching there possibly for the reason mentioned above which prompted them to hurry on to Antioch, and possibly because, as C. and H. (so Felten) think, the inhabitants at the time o... [ Continue Reading ]
κἀκεῖθεν, _cf._ Acts 7:3, and Luke 11:53, in six other places in Acts in a local sense as here, only once elsewhere in N.T., in Mark 9:30, in same sense; see also Acts 13:21. ᾖσαν παραδεδομ.: “they had been committed,” R.V., in Acts 15:40 “commended”; in both passages A.V. “recommended,” a rendering... [ Continue Reading ]
συν. τὴν ἐκκλ., _cf._ Acts 15:30, as was natural, for they had been sent out by them. ἀνήγγειλαν : Acts 15:4 (Acts 20:20; Acts 20:27), lit [277], to carry back tidings (so in classical Greek, as from a less to a greater), _cf._ 2 Corinthians 7:7; used here as in Æschylus, Xen., Polyb., of messengers... [ Continue Reading ]
χρόνον οὐκ ὀλίγον : only in _Acts_, where it occurs eight times, _cf._ Acts 12:18, etc.; on the length of time thus spent see “Chronology of the N.T.,” Hastings' B.D., and also Ramsay, _Church in the Roman Empire_, p. 74, with which _cf._ Lewin, _Fasti Sacri_, p. 288. _ Additional Note_. In Chapter... [ Continue Reading ]