ness of sins: the law of Moses. man is preached un- Messias, who by his death hath reconciled God to all to you the forgive- penitent believers, and by his life and doctrine taught 39 And by him all us a way wherein we may obtain pardon of sin, such that believe are just- an one as was not to be found in the Mosaical law. ified from all things, 39. And whosoever receives and obeys him shall from which ye could certainly be freed and purged from the wrath of God, not be justified by and the punishments attending sin in another world, 40 Beware there- from which the law of Moses could not, by all its cerefore, lest that come monies, washings and sacrifices, purge or cleanse any. upon you, which is 40, 41. You are therefore nearly concerned to take spoken of in the pro- heed, and beware that by your obstinate resisting and phets; 41 [k] Behold, ye rejecting this way of salvation now preached, and condespisers, and won- firmed from heaven by God's raising Jesus from the der, and 13 perish: dead when ye had opposed and crucified him, you do for I work a work not bring a remarkable astonishing destruction upon in your days, a work which ye shall in yourselves, in the same manner (and a heavier degree) no wise believe, as it fell upon the Jews from the Chaldæans, Hab. i. 5, though a man de- as a just punishment of their despising the rich merclare it unto you. cies of God afforded them, and going on impenitently in their sins against all the messages sent them by the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the prophets, and by so doing cause the gospel to be reGentiles besought moved to the Gentiles, ver. 46: a thing which will that these words come to pass suddenly in both parts, (the gospel bemight be preached to ing taken from you and preached to the Gentiles, and them the next sab- the Romans coming in and destroying you,) though 43 Now when the so incredible to you, that you will not believe it when congregation was the news of it shall come unto you by them that see broken up, many of it done: (see note [b] Matt. xxviii.) 42 And 15when the bath. the Jews and 16 re ligious proselytes fol 42. And as they departed from the Jews, the prolowed Paul and Bar- selytes, or pious persons of heathen birth, desired to nabas: who, speak- hear more of this subject the next sabbath. ing to them, per- i who preached to them, and by way of exhortation suaded them to con- confirmed them in the doctrine of the gospel: (see tinue in the grace of note [b] Heb. xiii.) God. 44 And the [] next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God. k the gospel preached by them. 45 But when the 45. And the chief men of the Jews seeing how the Jews saw the multi- multitude thronged to hear it were horribly enraged, tudes, they were fill- and contradicted Paul, and that with contumelies and ed with 17 envy, and spake against those reproaches cast on him. things which were spoken by Paul, con 13 confounded. 14 will not believe, if any man, οὐ μὴ πιστεύσητε, ἐάν τις. went out of the synagogue of the Jews, Εξιόντων ἐκ τῆς συναγωγῆς τῶν Ἰουδαίων. shipping: see note [i]. 17 rage, ζήλου. 15 As they 16 wor tradicting and 18blaspheming. 46 Then Paul 46. But this no way discouraged Paul and Barand Barnabas waxed nabas, but they put off all fear, and said courageously, bold, and said, It was necessary that (see note [a] John vii.,) that now they had performed the word of God their charge from Christ, of preaching the gospel first should first have to the Jews, before they applied themselves to the been spoken to you: Gentile world. But seeing ye Jews, said they, bebut seeing ye put it have yourselves so obstinately and perversely, that from you, and judge yourselves unworthy you become utterly unworthy and uncapable of reof everlasting life, ceiving benefit by the gospel, we are now by aplo, we turn to the pointment to leave you and preach to the Gentiles; and so we will. Gentiles. 47 For so hath the Lord commanded us, 47. For this was the direction of God, that Christ saying, I have set being first preached to the Jews, and being rejected thee to be a light of by them, should be preached to all other people of the Gentiles, that the world: and this is the sum of that old prophecy, thou shouldest be Isaiah xlix. 6. for salvation unto the ends of the earth. the Lord: and 19 as 48 And when the 48. And when the Gentiles heard this good news, Gentiles heard this, that this pardon of sins and salvation by Christ was they were glad, and allowed them, they rejoiced, and blessed the name of glorified the word of God for this glorious mercy of his revealed in the many as were [m]or- gospel; and all they of the Gentiles that had any care dained to eternal life or pursuit of the life to come, the Gentile proselytes, or that were fitly disposed and qualified for the gos49 And the word pel to take root in, received the doctrine of Christ of the Lord was published throughout all thus preached to them. believed. the region. 49. And the gospel was preached and embraced 50 But the Jews over the whole country. stirred up the 20 de vout and honourable 50. Only the Jews exasperated some of the female women, and the chief proselytes, those of them that were of honourable men of the city, and quality, and the governors of the city, (see note [e] raised persecution a- John i.) and raised gainst Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts. 51 But they shook 51. But they, using that fatal ceremony appointed off the dust of their by Christ in this case, thereby foretelling and abodfeet against them, ing the destruction which should overtake them for and came unto Ico- so doing, left them, and went from thence to Iconium. 52 And the disci- 52. And all the Christians were filled with spiritual ples were filled with joy at what they saw thus performed, and went on joy, and with the zealously in their course. nium. Holy Ghost. 20 wor 18 railing, Bλao&nμ. 19 believed, as many as were disposed for eternal life. shipping women, those of good quality, σεβομένας γυναῖκας τὰς εὐσχήμονας : for the King's MS. leaves out kal. CHAP. XIV. AND it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a convinced them so powerfully, that great store a great multitude both of the Jews and the Greeks, proselytes of the both of the Jews and also of the Greeks Jews, received the faith. believed. 2 But the unbe- 2. But the refractory Jews incensed the Gentiles lieving Jews stirred against the apostles (ver. 4.) and all others which reup the Gentiles, and made their minds ceived the faith of Christ from them. evil affected against the brethren. 3 Long time therefore abode they 2 b speaking boldly b preaching the gospel in their public assemblies, in the Lord, which (see note [a] John vii.,) and God added his testimony gave testimony un to the word of his to their preaching, (see note [d] Heb. xiii.,) by engrace, and granted abling them to work miracles. signs and wonders to be done by their hands. : 4 But the multitude of the city was divided and part held with the Jews, and part with the apostles. 53 And when there was an assault made both of the Gentiles, and also of the Jews with their rulers, to use them despitefully, and to stone them, 6 They were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round about: 7 And there they preached the gospel. 8 And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple 3 And 1 stirred up the minds of the Gentiles, and made them evil affected, enhyeipav kal ékákwσ av τὰς ψυχάς. 2 publicly through the Lord, which, appηoiasóμevoi ènì tô Kupių tŶ. as the Gentiles and Jews were bent, 'Ως δὲ ἐγένετο ὁρμὴ τῶν ἐθνῶν τε καὶ Ἰουδ. from his mother's womb, who never had walked : 9 The same heard Paul speak who : and Paul looking earnestly upon him, and either stedfastly beholding by his words or by the discerning spirit which Paul him, and perceiving had, perceiving that he believed that they were able to heal him, said with a loud voice— that he had faith to be healed, IO Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. 1d And d And by the bare speaking of the word he was he leaped and walk- made so strong, that he leaped and walked. ed. II And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, "The gods The gods which all the nations worship have put are come down to us on the shape of men, and come down among us. in the likeness of men. 12 And they called 12. And Barnabas they looked on as Jupiter, the Barnabas, Jupiter; supreme god, (see ch. viii. 10,) and Paul as Mercury, and Paul, Mercuri- the interpreter of the will of the gods, because Paul did speak more than Barnabas did. us, because he was the chief speaker. 13. And the priest of Jupiter, whose statue was of Jupiter, which worshipped before the city as the president of it, was before their city, brought oxen and came presently to the gates of the house where Paul garlands unto the and Barnabas lodged, and brought oxen to sacrifice, gates, and would and garlands to put upon their horns when they were have done sacrifice to be killed, verily purposing to offer sacrifice to them. with the people. 14 Which when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of, 'they rent their f they looked upon it as an abhorred blasphemous clothes, and ran in thing, and rent their garments to express their sense among the people, and detestation of it, and ran crying out, 15 And saying, Sirs, why do these vanities unto g idol, false gods (so vain things signify, Zach. xi. the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein : 16 Who in times past suffered all 17, see note [d] Acts viii.) unto the living God h left the Gentiles to their own blind worships. nations to walk in their own ways. 17 Nevertheless he 17. And yet, while he did so, left he not off to left not himself with- evidence himself sufficiently to them by that great out witness, in that goodness of his in temporal things, the rain and the he did good, and like, which are acts of his particular power and gave us [a]rain from heaven, and fruitful bounty, by those means inviting and drawing them seasons, filling our off from their impieties. hearts with food and gladness. 18 And with these 18. All which discourse of Paul and Barnabas sayings scarce re- could hardly restrain the people strained they the people, that they had not done sacrifice unto them. 19 And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who i persuaded the peo ed Paul, drew him gained by fair words the multitude to be on their ple,and, having ston- side, and to join with them against the apostles: and out of the city, supso in a furious tumultuary manner they threw stones posing he had been at Paul, and verily believed they had killed him: in which posture they took him, as a dead man, and 20 Howbeit, as the dragged him out of the gates of the city. disciples stood round dead. about him, he rose 20. But as the Christians there came piously and up, and came into solemnly to inter him, Paul being not dead all this the city and the while, ver. 19, made use of that opportunity, when next day he departed there were none but believers present, and he rose with Barnabas to up, and went thence with them into the city: and the 21 And when they next day Barnabas and he went together to Derbe. had preached the 21. And having preached at Derbe, and converted gospel to that city, many to the faith, they returned— Derbe. and had 4 taught many, they returned again to Lystra, and to Iconium, and Antioch, 22 Confirming the to continue in the 22. And in all those cities gave confirmation to souls of the disciples, those whom before they had baptized, and exhorted and exhorting them them to persevere, and hold out against all terrors, faith, and that we counting and resolving with themselves that Chrismust through much tianity bringeth many tribulations necessarily along tribulation enter in- with it. to the kingdom of God. 23. And having consecrated bishops for them, (see 23 And when they note [b] ch. xi.,) one in every city, by fasting and had [b] ordained them elders in e- prayer and imposition of hands, they then took their very church, and leave of them, referring them to the good providence 4 made a good many disciples, μαθητεύσαντες ἱκανούς. |