ON THE APOSTOLICAL EPISTLES, DESIGNED CHIEFLY FOR THE USE OF STUDENTS OF THE GREEK TEXT. BY THOMAS WILLIAMSON PEILE, D.D. HEAD MASTER OF REFTON SCHOOL; LATE FELLOW AND TUTOR IN THE UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM ; VOL. II. GALATIANS-COLOSSIANS. LONDON: FRANCIS & JOHN RIVINGTON, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH YARD, AND WATERLOO PLACE. ANNOTATIONS ON THE EPISTLE TO THE GALATIANS. INTRODUCTORY. "I CONCEIVE this Epistle to have been written from Ephesus during St. Paul's long residence there, which began in the end of 48, and lasted till the middle of 52. It was perhaps written at the beginning of 52. St. Paul had visited Galatia for the first time in 46 (Acts xvi. 6), for the second in 48 (Acts xviii. 23). He had met with a most favourable reception there (Gal. iv. 13-15): but, after his departure, some Jewish Christians seem to have endeavoured to set the Galatians against St. Paul by calling in question his authority as an Apostle, and to have taught them that it was necessary for them to observe the Law of Moses. St. Paul, at the beginning of this Epistle, proves his authority as an Apostle by showing that he received it direct from God; and then exposes the inefficacy and the fatal consequence of looking for Justification by the Law of Moses." Burton. "Nunc, postquam tenemus quæ fuerit causa scribendæ Epistolæ, veniamus ad tractationis ordinem. Duobus primis capitibus pro auctoritate sui Apostolatûs contendit; nisi quod per occasionem, sub finem secundi capitis, in præcipuum statum ingreditur-hoc est, in quæstionem De Justificatione Hominis—de quâ tamen tertio demum capite justam ex professo disputationem instituit. Tametsi autem duobus 1 1 his main point. VOL. II. B |