A. D. 54. ACTS XVII. 14-22. A. D. 54. λασσαν· ὑπέμενον δὲ, ὅ,τε Σίλας καὶ ὁ ] τίς ἡ καινὴ αὕτη ἡ ὑπό σου λαλουμένη Τιμόθεος ἐκεῖ. And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul, to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still. Τινὲς δὲ τῶν Ἐπικουρείων καὶ τῶν Στωϊ κῶν φιλοσόφων συνέβαλλον αὐτῷ· καί τινες ἔλεγον· Τί ἂν θέλοι ὁ σπερμολόγος οὗτος λέγειν ; Οἱ δέ· Ξένων δαιμονίων δοκεῖ και ταγγελεὺς εἶναι· ὅτι τὸν Ἰησοῦν καὶ τὴν ἀνάστασιν αὐτοῖς εὐηγγελίζετο. Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this * bubbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, a and the resurrection. * Or, base fellow. διδαχή; unto • And they took him, and brought him know what athis new doctrine, whereof Areopagus, saying, May we thou speakest, is? * Or, Mars' hill. It was the highest court in Athens. a And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter, Acts xvii. 32. And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers: Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews. Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead? xxvi. 6-8. But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the Gospel, 2 Tim. i. 10. ̓Αρείου πάγου, ἔφη· *Ανδρες ̓Αθηναῖοι, Σταθεὶς δὲ ὁ Παῦλος ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ κατὰ πάντα ὡς διεσιδαιμονεστέρους ὑμᾶς θεωρώ. Then Paul stood in the midst of a See on Matt. xxii.ver. 30. clause 1. Mars' Hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, VER. 19. Επιλαβόμενοί τε αὐτοῦ, ἐπὶ τὸν "Αρειον πάγον ἤγαγον, λέγοντες· Δυνάμεθα γνῶναι I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. * Or, the court of the Areopagites. a For after that, in the wisdom of God, the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe, 1 Cor. i. 21. For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many and lords many), viii. 5. In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus sake. For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ, 2 Cor. iv. 4-6. Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods, Gal. iv. 8. A. D. 54. b seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; a See on Matt. ix. ver. 13. clause 2. See on chap. xiv. ver. 17. VER. 26, Ἐποίησέ τε ἐξ ἑνὸς αἵματος πᾶν ἔθνος ἀνθρώπων κατοικεῖν ἐπὶ πᾶν τὸ πρόσωπο τῆς γῆς, ὁρίσας προτεταγμένους καιρούς, καὶ τὰς ὁροθεσίας τῆς κατοικίας αὐτῶν· a And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; a And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living, Gen. iii. 20. These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread, ix. 19. b Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee; thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass, Job xiv. 5. VER. 27. Ζητεῖν τὸν Κύριον, εἰ ἄραγε ψηλαφή. σειαν αὐτὸν καὶ εὕροιεν· καίτοιγε οὐ MaxΡὰν ἀπὸ ἑνὸς ἑκάστου ἡμῶν ὑπάρχοντα· a That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us: a Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near, Isa. lv. 6. VER. 28. Ἐν αὐτῷ γὰρ ζῶμεν, καὶ κινούμεθα, και ἐσμεν· ὡς καί τινες τῶν καθ ̓ ὑμᾶς ποιητῶν εἰρήκασι· τοῦ γὰρ καὶ γένος ἐσμέν. a For in him we live, and move, and have our being;.as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his things therein, seeing that he is Lord of offspring. heaven and earth, b dwelleth not in temples made with hands ; a See on chap. iv. ver. 24. See on chap. vii. ver. 48. VER. 25. Οὐδὲ ὑπὸ χειρῶν ἀνθρώπων θεραπεύε. ται, προσδεόμενος τινος, αὐτὸς διδοὺς πᾶσι ζωὴν καὶ πνοὴν καὶ τὰ πάντα. a Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, a Who knoweth not in all these. that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this? In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind, Job xii. 9, 10. For with thee is the fountain of life : in thy light shall we see light, Peal. xxxvi. 9. O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard; Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be A. D. 54. ACTS XVII. 28-34.-xvIII. 1, 2. moved, lxvi. 8, 9. For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist, Col. i. 16, 17. Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, Heb. i. 3. VER. 29. Γένος οὖν ὑπάρχοντες τοῦ Θεοῦ, οὐκ ὀφείλομεν νομίζειν χρυσῷ ἡ ἀργύρῳ ἢ λίθῳ, χαράγματι τέχνης καὶ ἐνθυμήσεως ἀνθρώ που, τὸ θεῖον εἶναι ὅμοιον. Forusmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or stone, graven by art and man's device. * Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance? Who hath directed the Spirit of the LoRD, or being his counsellor, hath taught him? With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding? Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing. And Lebanon is not suf. ficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt-offering. All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing and vanity. To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him? The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains, Isa. xl. 12-19. VER. 30. Τοὺς μὲν οὖν χρόνους τῆς ἀγνοίας ὑπε ριδὼν ὁ Θεὸς, τανῦν παραγγέλλει τοῖς ἀνθρώποις πᾶσι πανταχοῦ μετανοεῖν. * And the times of this ignorance God winked at ; b but now commandeth all men every where to repent: A. D. 54. • And found_a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had communded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them. a Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my helpers in Christ Jesus: Who have for my life laid down their own necks: unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the Churches of the Gentiles, Rom. xvi. 3, 4. Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the Church that is in their house, 1 Cor. xvi. 19. Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me, Acts xx. 34. Even unto this present hour we both hunger and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace; And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it, 1 Cor. iv. 11, 12. For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the Gospel of God, 1 Thess. ii. 9. Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you: Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us, 2 Thess. iii. 8, 9. VER. 4. Διελέγετο δὲ ἐν τῇ συναγωγῇ κατὰ πᾶν σάββατον, ἔπειθέ τε Ἰουδαίους καὶ Ελληνας. | A. D. 54. πνεύματι ὁ Παῦλος, διαμαρτυρόμενος τοῖς 'Ioudalng Tòv Xp、OTÒv 'Incoũv. a And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ. *Or, is the Christ. 2 But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither also, and stirred up the people. And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul, to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still. And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens : and receiving a com mandment unto Silas and Timotheus, for to come to him with all speed, they departed, Acts xvii. 13-15. For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea, 2 Cor. i. 19. And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me, the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself, xi. 9. VER. 6. ̓Αντιτασσομένων δὲ αὐτῶν καὶ βλατ φημούντων, ἐκτιναξάμενος τὰ ἱμάτια, εἶπε πρὸς αὐτούς· Τὸ αἷμα ὑμῶν ἐπὶ τὴν κεφα λὴν ὑμῶν· καθαρὸς ἐγὼ, ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν εἰς τὰ Om opeúroμai. a And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles. a But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming. Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of ever ̔Ως δὲ κατῆλθεν ἀπὸ τῆς Μακεδονίας | lasting life, lo, we turn to the Genὅτε Σίλας καὶ ὁ Τιμόθεος, συνείχετο τῷ | tiles, Acts xiv. 45, 46. And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks. VER. 5. VER. 10. Διότι ἐγώ εἰμι μετὰ σοῦ, καὶ οὐδεὶς ἐπιθήσεταί σοι τοῦ κακῶσαί σε· διότι λαός ἐστί πολὺς ἐν τῇ πόλει ταύτῃ. μα 3 For I am with thee, band no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city. *See on Matt. xxviii. ver.20. clause 2. b No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD; and their righteousness is of me, saith the LonD, Isa. liv. 17. And I will make thee unto this people a fenced | A. D. 55. brasen wall; and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee, and to deliver thee, saith the LORD. And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible, Jer. xv. 20, 21. And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake. But there shall not an hair of your head perish, Luke xxi. 17, 18. What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us ? Rom. viii. 31. |