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a And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory; and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.

a And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains, in the camp of the king of Assyria: so he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword, 2 Chron. xxxii. 21. Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD, Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a god, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God, Ezek. xxviii. 2. Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God; Behold, therefore, I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness. They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas, 6-8.

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b And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered together, praying, ver. 12.

CHAP. XIII.-VER. 1.

Ησαν δέ τινες ἐν ̓Αντιοχείς κατὰ τὴν οὖσαν ἐκκλησίαν προφῆται καὶ διδάσκαλοι, ὅ, τε Βαρνάβας καὶ Συμεὼν ὁ καλούμενος Νίγερ, καὶ Λούκιος ὁ Κυρηναῖος, Μαναέν το Ἡρώδου του τετράρχου σύντροφος, καὶ zauλoç.

Now there were in the church that was at Antioch, a certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was

called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

* Or, Herod's foster-brother.

a And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch, Acts xi. 27. Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching and

preaching the word of the Lord, with then gifts differing according to the many others also, xv. 35. Having grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith; Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering; or he that teacheth, on teaching; Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that

‘O dè λóyog roũ Deoũ žužave naì imλn- giveth, let him do it with simplicity θύνετο.

■ But the word of God grew and multiplied.

a See on chap. vi. ver. 7. clause 1.

VER. 25.

Βαρνάβας δὲ καὶ Σαῦλος ὑπέστρεψαν ἐξ Ιερουσαλὴμ, πληρώσαντες τὴν διακονίαν, συμπαραλαβόντες καὶ Ἰωάννην τὸν ἐπικληθέντα Μάρκον.

a And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their ministry, and took with them b John, whose surname was Mark.

• Or, charge.

a Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Juda: Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul, Acts xi. 29, 30.

he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness, Rom. xii. 6, 7. Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular. And God hath set some in the Church; first, apostles; secondarily, prophets; thirdly, teachers; after that, miracles; then gifts of healings, helps, govern ments, diversities of tongues, 1 Cor. xii. 27, 28. And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, Eph. iv. 11, 12.

VER. 2.

Λειτουργούντων δὲ αὐτῶν τῷ Κυρίῳ καὶ νηστευόντων, εἶπε τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ ἔγιν Αφορισατε δή μοι τόν τε Βαρνάβαν καὶ τὸν Σαῦλον εἰς τὸ ἔργον ὃ προσκέκλημαι auтoç.

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a See on Matt. vi. ver. 16. clause 1.
b See on chap. viii. ver. 29.

And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and

offer them for an offering unto the Lorv. Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel : and the Levites shall be mine, Numb. viii. 13, 14. Paul a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the Gospel of God, Rom. i. 1. (For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles :) And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision, Gal. ii. 8, 9.

d See on Matt. ix. ver. 38. clause 3. VER. 3.

Τότε νηστεύσαντες καὶ προσευξάμενοι, καὶ ἐπιθέντες τὰς χεῖρας [αὐτοῖς, ἀπέλυ

σαν

a And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.

a See on chap. vi. ver. 6.

VER. 4.

Οὗτοι μὲν οὖν, ἐκπεμφθέντες ὑπὸ τοῦ Πνεύματος τοῦ ἁγίου, κατῆλθον εἰς τὴν Σελεύκειαν, ἐκεῖθέν τε ἀπέπλευσαν εἰς τὴν Κύπρον.

So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.

VER. 5.

Καὶ γενόμενοι ἐν Σαλαμίνι, κατήγγελλον τὸν λόγον τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν ταῖς συναγωγαῖς τῶν Ἰουδαίων· εἶχον δὲ καί Ἰωάννην ὑπηρέτην.

And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the syna. gogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister.

VER. 6.

Διελθότες δὲ τὴν νῆσον ἄχρι Πάφου, ευρόν τινα μάγον ψευδοπροφήτην Ιουδαῖον, ᾧ ὄνομα Βαριησοῦς, VOL. II.

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And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, a they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-jesus :

a See on chap. viii. ver. 9.

VER. 7.

“Ον ἦν σὺν τῷ ἀνθυπάτῳ Σεργίῳ Παύλῳ, ἀνδρὶ συνετῷ· οὗτος προσκαλεσάμενος Βαρνάβαν καὶ Σαῦλον, ἐπεζήτησεν ἀκοῦσαι τὸν λόγον τοῦ Θεοῦ.

Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.

VER. 8.

̓Ανθίστατο δὲ αὐτοῖς Ελύμας ὁ μάγος (οὕτω γὰρ μεθερμηνεύεται τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ) ζητῶν διαστρέψαι τὸν ἀνθύπατον ἀπὸ τῆς πίστεως.

But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.

VER. 9.

Σαῦλος δὲ ὁ καὶ Παῦλος) πλησθεὶς Πνεύματος ἁγίου, καὶ ἀτενίσας εἰς αὐτὸν,

a filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) on him,

a See on chap. ii. ver. 4. clause 1.

VER. 10.

Εἶπεν· Ω πλήρης παντὸς δόλου καὶ πάσης ῥᾳδιουργίας, υἱὲ διαβόλου, ἐχθρὲ πάσης δικαιοσύνης, οὐ παύση διαστρέφων τὰς ὁδοὺς Κυρίου τὰς εὐθείας;

And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, a thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

a See on John viii. ver. 38. clause 2.

VER. 11.

Καὶ νῦν ἰδοὺ, χεὶρ τοῦ Κυρίου ἐπὶ σέ· καὶ ἔσῃ τυφλὸς, μὴ βλέπων τὸν ἥλιον ἄχρι καιροῦ. Παραχρῆμα δὲ ἐπέπεσεν ἐπ' αὐτὸν ἀχλὺς καὶ σκότος· καὶ περιάγων ἐζήτει χειραγωγούς.

And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand. 2 F

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VER. 12.

ACTS XIII. 12-17.

Τότε ἰδὼν ὁ ἀνθύπατος τὸ γεγονὸς, ἐπίστευσεν, ἐκπλησσόμενος ἐπὶ τῇ διδαχῇ τοῦ Κυρίου.

Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.

VER. 13.

̓Αναχθέντες δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς Πάφου οἱ περὶ τὸν Παῦλον, ἦλθον εἰς Πέργην τῆς Παμφυλίας· Ἰωάννης δὲ ἀποχωρήσας ἀπ ̓ αὐτῶν, ὑπέστρεψεν εἰς ̔Ιεροσόλυμα.

Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem.

a And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark. But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work, Acts xv. 37, 38.

VER. 14.

Αὐτοὶ δὲ διελθόντες ἀπὸ τῆς Πέργης, πα ξεγένοντο εἰς ̓Αντιόχειαν τῆς Πισιδίας, καὶ εἰσελθόντες εἰς τὴν συναγωγὴν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῶν σαββάτων, ἐκάθισαν.

But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down.

VER. 15.

Μετὰ δὲ τὴν ἀνάγνωσιν τοῦ νόμου καὶ τῶν προφητῶν, ἀπέστειλαν οἱ ἀρχισυνάγωγοι πρὸς αὐτοὺς, λέγοντες· "Ανδρες ἀδελφοί, εἰ ἔστι λόγος ἐν ὑμῖν παρακλήσεως πρὸς τὸν λαόν, λέγετε.

And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on.

For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath-day, Acts xv. 21. And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath-day, and stood up for to read. And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he

to

A. D. 45. found the place where it was written, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me preach the Gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him, Luke iv. 16-20.

VER. 16.

̓Αναστὰς δὲ Παῦλος, καὶ κατασείσας τῇ χειρὶ, εἶπεν· "Ανδρες Ἰσραηλῖται, καὶ οἱ φοβούμενοι τὸν Θεὸν, ἀκούσατε.

Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience.

VER. 17.

Ὁ Θεὸς τοῦ λαοῦ τούτου Ἰσραὴλ ἐξε λέξατο τοὺς πατέρας ἡμῶν, καὶ τὸν λαὸν ὕψωσεν ἐν τῇ παροικίᾳ ἐν γῇ Αιγύπτω, καὶ μετὰ βραχίονος ὑψηλοῦ ἐξήγαγεν αὐτ τοὺς ἐξ αὐτῆς.

a The God of this people of Israel chose when they dwelt as strangers in the our fathers, b and exalted the people land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out of it.

a See on chap. vii, ver. 2, 3.

b Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons, and now the Lorb thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude, Deut. x. 22. Israel also came into Egypt, and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham. And he increased

his people greatly, and made them stronger than their enemies, Psal. cv. 23, 24. Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years. And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the self-same day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt. It is a night to be much observed unto the LORD for bringing them out from the land of Egypt; this is that night of the LORD to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations, Exod. xii. 40-42.

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VER. 18.

ACTS XIII. 18-21.

Καὶ ὡς τεσσαρακονταετή χρόνον ἔτροποφόρησεν αὐτοὺς ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ.

And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness.

* Gr. ἐτροποφόρησεν, perhaps for ἐτροpopópnosy, bore, or, fed them, as a nurse beareth, or, feedeth her child, Deut. i. 31, according to the LXX. and so Chrysostom.

a See on chap. vii. ver. 36. clause 2.

VER. 19.

Καὶ καθελὼν ἔθνη ἑπτὰ ἐν γῇ Χανααν, κατεκληροδότησεν αὐτοῖς τὴν γῆν αὐτῶν.

And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, bhe divided their land to them by lot.

When the Lonp thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou, Deut vii. 1. And ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand, Josh. xxiv. 11.

See on chap. vii. ver. 45. clause 2.
VER. 20.

Καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα, ὡς ἔτεσι τετρακοσίοις καὶ πεντήκοντα, ἔδωκε κριτὰς ἕως Σαμουὴλ τοῦ προφήτου.

And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, buntil Samuel the prophet.

Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them. And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the command ments of the LORD; but they did not so And when the LORD raised them

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up judges, then the LORD was with the band of their enemies all the days the judge, and delivered them out of of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings, by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them, Judg. ii. 16-18.

b And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground. And all Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the LORD. And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh: for the LORD revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the Lonp,

1 Sam. iii. 19-21.

VER. 21.

Κακεῖθεν ᾐτήσαντο βασιλέα, καὶ ἔδωκαν αὐτοῖς ὁ Θεὸς τὸν Σαοὺλ υἱὸν Κὶς, ἄνδρα ἐκ φυλῆς Βενιαμίν, ἔτη τεσσαράκοντα·

a And afterward they desired a king: band God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years."

a Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah, And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations, 1 Sam. viii. 4, 5.

b And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken. When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul, the son of Kish, was taken; and when found. Therefore they inquired of they sought him, he could not be the LonD further, if the man should yet come thither. And the LORD answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the stuff. And they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people, from his shoulders and upward. And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the LORD hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king! 1 Sam. x. 20-24. And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of

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Καὶ μεταστήσας αὐτὸν, ἤγειρεν αὐτοῖς τὸν Δαβίδ, εἰς βασιλέα, ᾧ καὶ εἶπε μαρτυρήσας· Εὗρον Δαβὶδ τὸν τοῦ Ἰεσσαὶ, ἄνδρα κατὰ τὴν καρδίαν μου, ὃς ποιήσει πάντα τὰ θελήματά μου.

a And when he had removed him, bhe raised up unto them David to be their king; c to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.

a And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee; for now would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel for But now thy kingdom shall not continue the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and

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the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee, 1 Sam. xiii. 13, 14. Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, saying, It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following | me, and hath not performed my commandments, xii. 10, 11. Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the LORD is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy? And the LORD hath done to him as he spake by me: for the LORD hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbour, even to David, xxviii. 16, 17.

bAnd the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill thine horn with oil, and go; I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons, 1 Sam.

xvi. 1. Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah, 13. And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That

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the men of Jabesh-gilead were they that buried Saul, 2 Sam. ii. 4.

But now thy kingdom shall not continue the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the LoRD hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the LonD commanded thee, 1 Sam. xiii. 14.

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Ως δὲ ἐπλήρου ὁ Ἰωάννης τὸν δρόμον, ἔλεγε· Τίνα με ὑπονοεῖτε εἶναι; οὐκ εἰμὶ ἐγώ, ἀλλ ̓ ἰδοῦ, ἔρχεται μετ' ἐμὲ, οὗ οὐκ εἰμὶ ἄξιος τὸ ὑπόδημα τῶν ποδῶν λῦσαι.

a And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not he. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose.

a See on John i. ver. 20.
VER. 26.

"Ανδρες ἀδελφοί, υἱοὶ γένους ̓Αβραάμ, καὶ οἱ ἐν ὑμῖν φοβούμενοι τὸν Θεὸν, ὑμῖν ὁ λόγος τῆς σωτηρίας ταύτης ἀπεστάλη.

stock of Abraham, and whosoever among Men and brethren, a children of the you feareth God, to you is the word of

this salvation sent.

a See on Matt. iii. ver. 9. clause 2. b The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation, Acts xvi. 17. For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every

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