Ο δὲ Παῦλος ἔτι προσμείνας ἡμέρας ἱκανὰς, τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς ἀποταξάμενος, ἐξέπλει εἰς τὴν Συρίαν· καὶ σὺν αὐτῷ Πρίσκιλλα καὶ ̓Ακύλας, κειράμενος τὴν κεφαλὴν ἐν Κεγχρεαῖς· εἶχε γὰρ εὐχήν. And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syvia, and with him a Priscilla and Aquila, b having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow. a See on ver. 2. b Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the LORD; He shall separate himself from wine, and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried. All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk. All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the LORD, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow. All the days that he separateth himself unto the LORD he shall come at no dead body. He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die; because the consecration of his God A. D. 55. is upon his head. All the days of his separation he is holy unto the LORD, Numb. vi. 2-8. I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the Church which is at Cenchrea: That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also, Rom. xvi. 1, 2. VER. 19. Κατήντησε δὲ εἰς Εφεσον, κακείνους και τέλιπεν αὐτοῦ· αὐτὸς δὲ εἰσελθὼν εἰς τὴν συναγωγὴν, διελέχθη τοῖς Ἰουδαῖοις. And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews. VER. 20. Ερωτώντων δὲ αὐτῶν ἐπὶ πλείονα χρόνον μεῖναι παρ ̓ αὑτοῖς, οὐκ ἐπένευσεν When they desired him to tarry lenger time with them, he consented not; VER. 21. πάντως τὴν ἑορτὴν τὴν ἐρχομένην ποιέσαι ̓Αλλ ̓ ἀπετάξατο αὐτοῖς, εἰπών· Δεν με εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα· πάλιν δὲ ἀνακάμψα πρὸς ὑμᾶς, τοῦ Θεοῦ θέλοντος. Καὶ ἀνήχθη ἀπὸ τῆς Ἐφέσου. But bade them farewell, saying, I cometh in Jerusalem: but I will retura must by all means keep this feast that again unto you, if God will. And he sailed from Ephesus. a Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God, to come unto you, Rom. i. 10. and xv. 32. But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will; and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power, 1 Cor. iv. 19. But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly, Phil. ii. 24. And this will we do, if God permit, Heb. vi. 3. Go to now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow: For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will. A. D. 56. ACTS XVIII. 21-28.-XIX. 1, 2. we shall live, and do this, or that, Jam. iv. 13-15. VER. 22. VER. 26. A. D. 56. Οὗτός τε ἤρξατο παῤῥησιάζεσθαι ἐν τῇ συναγωγῇ. Ακούσαντες δὲ αὐτοῦ ̓Ακύλας καὶ Πρίσκιλλα, προσελάβοντο αὐτὸν, καὶ Καὶ κατελθὼν εἰς Καισάρειαν, ἀναβας, ἀκριβέστερον αὐτῷ ἐξέθεντο τὴν τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ ἀσπασάμενος τὴν ἐκκλησίαν, κατέβη εἰς ̓Αντιόχειαν. And when he had landed at Cæsarea, and gone up, and saluted the church, he went down to Antioch. ὁδόν. And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when a Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly. a See on ver. 2. VER. 27. Βουλομένου δὲ αὐτοῦ διελθεῖν εἰς τὴν ̓Αχαΐαν, προτρεψάμενοι οἱ ἀδελφοὶ ἔγρα ψαν τοῖς μαθηταῖς ἀποδέξασθα αὐτὸν· ὃς παραγενόμενος συνεβάλετο πολὺ τοῖς πε πιστευκόσι διὰ τῆς χάριτος" Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting And when he was disposed to pass into he was come, helped them much which the disciples to receive him: b who, when had believed through grace: a Do we begin again to commend ourselves ? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you? 2 Cor. iii. 1. b See on ver. 25. c See on John i. ver. 12. clause 3. VER. 28. Εὐτόνως γὰρ τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις διακατηλέγ χετο δημοσίᾳ, ἐπιδεικνὺς διὰ τῶν γραφῶν, εἶναι τὸν Χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν. For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publicly, shewing by the Scriptures that Jesus * was Christ. * Or, is the Christ. a See on Luke iv. ver. 18. clause 2. CHAP. XIX.—VER 1. Κορίνθῳ, Παῦλον διελθόντα τὰ ἀνωτερικὰ Εγένετο δὲ ἐν τῷ τὸν ̓Απολλὰ εἶναι ἐν μέρη, ἐλθεῖν εἰς ̓́Εφεσον· καὶ εὑρών τινας μαθητὰς, And it came to pass, that, while Apolios was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples, VER. 2. Εἶπε πρὸς αὐτούς· Εἰ Πνεῦμα ἅγιον ἐλάβετε πιστεύσαντες; Οἱ δὲ εἶπον πρὸς VER. 5. μα τοῦ Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ. When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. a See on chap. x. ver. 48. VER. 6. Καὶ ἐπιθέντος αὐτοῖς τοῦ Παύλου τὰς χεῖρας, ἦλθε τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον ἐπ ̓ αὐ τούς· ἐλάλουν τε γλώσσαις, καὶ προεφή TEUOT. And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them ; band they spake with tongues, c and prophesied. a Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost, Acts viii. 17. b See on chap. ii. ver. 4. clause 2. VER. 7. Ησαν δὲ οἱ πάντες ἄνδρες ὡσεὶ δεκαδύο. And all the men were about twelve. VER. 8. A. D. 57. Εἰσελθὼν δὲ εἰς τὴν συναγωγὴν, ἔπαρ ῥησιάζετο, ἐπὶ μῆνας τρεῖς διαλεγόμενος, καὶ πείθων τὰ περὶ τῆς βασιλείας του Θεοῦ. And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God. VER. 9. Ως δέ τινες ἐσκληρύνοντο καὶ ἠπείθουν, κακολογοῦντες τὴν ὁδὸν ἐνώπιον τοῦ πλή θους, ἀποστὰς ἀπ ̓ αὐτῶν, ἀφώρισε τους μαθητὰς, καθ ̓ ἡμέραν διαλεγόμενος ἐν τῇ σκολῇ Τύραννου τινός. But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disput ing daily in the school of one Tyrannus. VER. 10. Τοῦτο δὲ ἐγένετο ἐπὶ ἔτη δύο, ὥστε πάντας τοὺς κατοικοῦντας τὴν ̓Ασίαν ἀκούσ σαι τὸν λόγον τοῦ Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ, Ἰουδαίους τε καὶ Ἕλληνας. And this continued by the space of two years; so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks. VER. 11. Δυνάμεις τε οὐ τὰς τυχούσας ἐποίει ὁ Θεὸς διὰ τῶν χειρῶν Παύλου a And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul: a For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed, Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God: so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the Gospel of Christ, Rom. xv. 18, 19, VER. 12. Ωστε καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀσθενοῦντας ἐπιφέ ρεσθαι ἀπὸ τοῦ χρωτὸς αὐτοῦ σουδάρια σιμικίνθια, καὶ ἀπαλλάσσεσθαι ἐπ' αὐτ τῶν τὰς νόσους, τά τε πνεύματα τα του νηρὰ ἐξέρχεσθαι ἀπ ̓ αὐτῶν. So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, Καὶ ἐφαλλόμενος ἐπ ̓ αὐτοὺς ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἐν ᾧ ἦν τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ πονηρὸν, καὶ κατακυ ριεύσας αὐτῶν, ἴσχυσε κατ ̓ αὐτῶν, ὥστε γυμνοὺς καὶ τετραυματισμένους ἐκφυγεῖν ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου ἐκείνου. And the man in whom the evil spirit was, leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. A. D. 59. And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds. VER. 19. ἱκανοὶ δὲ τῶν τὰ περίεργα πραξάντων, συνενέγκαντες τὰς βίβλους, κατέκαιον ἐνώ πιον πάντων· καὶ συνεψήφισαν τὰς τιμὰς αὐτῶν, καὶ εὗρον ἀργυρίου μυριάδας πέντε. Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver. VER. 20. Οὕτω κατὰ κράτος ὁ λόγος τοῦ Κυρίου ηὔξανε καὶ ἴσχυεν. a So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed. a Moreover, ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands: So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth, ver. 26,27. But I will tarry at Ephesus opened unto me, until Pentecost. For a great door and effectual is VER. 21. 'Ως δὲ ἐπληρώθη ταῦτα, ἔθετο ὁ Παῦλος ἐν τῷ πνεύματι, διελθὼν τὴν Μακεδονίαν καὶ ̓Αχαίαν, πορεύεσθαι εἰς Ἱερουσαλήμ, εἰπών. Ὅτι μετὰ τὸ γενέσθαι με ἐκεῖ, δεῖ με καὶ Ρώμην ἰδεῖν. After these things were ended, a Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rore. a Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto), that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles, Rom. i. 13. But now having no more place in these parts, and having a great desire these many years to come unto you ; Whensoever I take my journey into Spain, I will 2 Η come to you: for I trust to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if first I be some what filled with your company. But now I go unto Jerusalem, to minister unto the saints. For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem, xv. 23-26. And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit: And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia unto you, and of you to be brought on my way toward Judæa, 2 Cor. i. 15, 16. VER. 22. ̓Αποστείλας δὲ εἰς τὴν Μακεδονίαν δύο τῶν διακονούντων αὐτῷ, Τιμόθεον καὶ Ἔραστον, αὐτὸς ἐπέσχε χρόνον εἰς τὴν ̓Ασίαν. a So he sent into Macedonia two that ministered unto him, Timotheus and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a season. a And after the uproar was ceased. Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them, and departed, for to go into Macedonia. And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece, Acts xx. 1, 2. b For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every Church. Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you. But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will; and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power, 1 Cor. iv. 17-19. c Erastus the chamberlain of the city saluteth you, Rom. xvi. 23. Erastus abode at Corinth, 2 Tim. iv. 20. VER. 23. A. D. 59. For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen ; VER. 25. Οὓς συναθροίσας, καὶ τοὺς περὶ τὰ τοι αῦτα ἐργάτας, εἶπεν· "Ανδρες, ἐπίστασθε ὅτι ἐκ ταύτης τῆς ἐργασίας ἡ εὐπορία ἡμῶν ἐστι. Whom he culled together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth. VER. 26. Καὶ θεωρεῖτε καὶ ἀκούετε ὅτι οὐ μόνον Ἐφέσου, ἀλλὰ σχεδὸν πάσης τῆς ̓Ασίας, ὁ Παῦλος οὗτος πείσας μετέστησεν ἱκανὸν ὄχλον, λέγων ὅτι οὐκ εἰσὶ θεοὶ οἱ διὰ χει ρῶν γινόμενοι. Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, a saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands: * See on chap. xiv. ver. 15. clause 1. VER. 27. Οὐ μόνον δὲ τοῦτο κινδυνεύει ἡμῖν τὸ μέ ςος εἰς ἀπελεγμὸν ἐλθεῖν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸ τῆς μεγάλης θεάς Αρτέμιδος ἱερὸν εἰς οὐδὲν λου γισθῆναι, μέλλειν δὲ καὶ καθαιρεῖσθαι τὴν μεγαλειότητα αὐτῆς, ἣν ὅλη ἡ ̓Ασία καὶ ἡ οἰκουμένη σέβεται. | VER. 28. ̓Ακούσαντες δὲ, καὶ γενόμενοι πλήρεις θυμοῦ, ἔκραζον λέγοντες· Μεγάλη ή Αρ τεμις Εφεσίων. And when they heard these sayings they were full of wrath, and cried out, Εγένετο δὲ κατὰ τὸν καιρὸν ἐκεῖνον τά- saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians. ραχος οὐκ ὀλίγος περὶ τῆς ὁδοῦ. And the same time there arose no small stir about that way. VER. 29. Καὶ ἐπλήσθη ἡ πόλις ὅλη συγχύσεως ὥρμησάν τε ὑμοθυμαδὸν εἰς τὸ θέατρον, συναρπάσαντες Γάϊον καὶ ̓Αρίσταρχον Μακεδόνας, συνεκδήμους τοῦ Παύλου. And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having caught = Gaitis |