among them, who are diftinguifhed from the Jews and religious profelytes, or pro felytes of the gate, ver. 42, 43. Paul, fpeaking of Chrift's refurrection, fays, that Chrift was feen after his refurrection of them which came up from Ga lilee to Jerufalem, who "are his witneffes unto the Acts xiii. "people." And, in the con-46-48, clufion of his difcourfe," Be 49. "it known unto you there. "fore, men and brethren," "(i.e. men of Ifrael, and ye that fear God, ver. 16— 26.) that through this man (Chrift) is preached unto you the forgiveness "of fins. And by him "(not only you but) ALL "that believe are juftified from all things, from "which ye could not be "juftified by the law of "Mofes." In which he went farther than Peter in his difcourfe to Cornelius who only "perceived that "all men that feared God, and wrought righteouf "nefs, in every nation, were "accepted with him," Acts x. 35. But did not then fee what Paul now declares, that by Chrift all, even idolatrous Gentiles, were to be juftified. This difcourfe of Paul's had a different effect 46 on the different forts of peo ple who heard it. The ge- Ver. 42. nerality of the Jews went out of the fynagogue, unmoved by, or fet againft, it. The generality of the Gentiles, or idolatrous Gentiles Kràn), before they left the fynagogue, befought that thefe words might be preached to them the next fabbath-Ver. 42. day, being touched by them; but not fully fatisfied; and many of the Jews and religious profelytes, or profelytes of the gate (oopéra προσηλύτων), who went out of Lae fynagogue with the other Jews, whilft the Gentiles taid to make their request to Paul and Barnabas, who, between that and the next fabbath, perfuaded them to continue in the grace of God." The next fabbath the whole city, Gentiles as well as Jews, came to hear the word of God. And on the perverfeness of the Jews, and the good difpofitions of the Gentiles (rà em), expreffed the next fabbath-day," by the whole city's coming together to hear the word "of God, Paul and Bar"nabas waxed bold" (this being the first time any preachers of the word had turned from the Jews, leavling them to themselves, or addreffed ABSTRACT OF THE . Places whi- been after bis moft remarkable Tranfactions. Tranfactions gion. The Jews, and the chief fecution against Paul and Ver. 50, off the duft of their feet Ver. 52. But the difciples at Anti och in Pifidia " were filled A&ts xiii. "with joy" (on being first 43-46received into the church) 50. and with the Holy Ghoft." Paul now became the minifter of Jefus Chrift to the Acts Gentiles," that the offering Acts xiv. xiii.upof" (thefe firft-fruits of) I. the Gentiles might be ac 51. Acts ceptable, being fanctified by the Holy Ghoft :" as xiv. he fpeaks, Rom. xiv. 16. 16. alluding to the oil poured on time and place. Proofs of the A&s on the firit-fruits, under the law, which confecrated the About this time, Paul is Acts xiii. . city," ver. 4. part of which, however, held with the apoftles, ibid.: the other part of which made an affault upon them, with their rulers, and with the Jews, ver. 5. a But, being informed of Acts xiv. defign to ftone them at Ico-18-11-10. nium, they fly to Lyftra, where Paul cures a crippl that had been lame from his mother's womb; as Peter had the lame beggar at the Temple; and carce reftrains the idolatrous people from worshiping him and E Barnabas, lic journies. Paul's 5 Apofto Proofs of the I 222 2 Their most remarkable Tranfaétions. Transactions, Barnabas, by facrifice, as A&s Paul is floned here, but re-1 Cor. xi. iv. covers I fuppofe thefe are 25. 6. the afflictions that he refers Acts xiv. goes from hence to Derbe. Acts xiv. And then returning thro' 23. As Lyitra, and Iconium, and xiv. Antioch, confirming the fouls 21. of the difciples, and exhortbiding them to perfevere, ver. !bid. 21, 22; and ordaining elders in every church (here is the first mention made of ordaining" them), and Acts through Perga, preaching xiv. the word. 25. They go on board at AIbid. alia, and failed to Antioch ;} returning to the church, Acts from whence they had been xiv. recommended to the grace of 26. God, for the work which they had fulfilled. And when they had gathered the church together, they rehearfed all that God had done "with" them, and how he had opened a door of faith unto the Gentiles; Acts xiv. and continued there a long 26. |