Acts 24:1
Ananias went down to Cæsarea, where Paul was then confined. This is the sense of the Greek.... [ Continue Reading ]
Ananias went down to Cæsarea, where Paul was then confined. This is the sense of the Greek.... [ Continue Reading ]
_By thy provision. [1] Literally, thy providence, by thy prudence. (Witham) --- Though Felix governed Judea in the arbitrary manner mentioned in the note on the last chapter, he had nevertheless done some good, which is recorded to his honour. See Josephus, Jewish Antiquities, xx. 6. 11. and The Jew... [ Continue Reading ]
_A pestilent, [2] or pernicious, and pestiferous man; Greek, one that is a plague. --- Author, or ringleader of the seditious sect, &c. (Witham)_ [BIBLIOGRAPHY] Hominem pestiferum, _Greek: loimon, pestem._... [ Continue Reading ]
_From him thou...mayest know. By the construction it is doubtful whether from Lysias, or from St. Paul. (Witham) --- Behold them here ready to support the heads of accusation I have brought forward, and which are moreover so self-evident, that the party accused will not dare to deny them. (Bible de... [ Continue Reading ]
In the apostle's speech we observe nothing of the flattery, which characterized the opposite party. It would have been unworthy of his just cause. (Calmet) --- He observes he had been governor of the province many (eight or nine) years, to insinuate, that had he been a seditious man, as he was accus... [ Continue Reading ]
Since I went up from Cæsarea to Jerusalem, not to profane the temple, or excite sedition, but to adore the one true God.... [ Continue Reading ]
In Jerusalem there was only one temple, nor could there, by an express command of the Almighty, be any more throughout the whole kingdom. (Perhaps the Almighty may have wished by this singular circumstance to have impressed more forcibly on their minds the absolute necessity of _unity in religion. ... [ Continue Reading ]
_The Father, [3] and my God. In the Greek, the Lord of our fathers. (Witham) --- According to the way. The Protestant version has sect for way; but in the, as well as in many other points, the original is not attended to, in which we read Greek: kata ten odon, as in our translation._ [BIBLIOGRAPHY]... [ Continue Reading ]
_Felix...knowing most certainly of this way. That is, knew even by Lysias's letter, that Paul and the Christians were not guilty of any thing against Cæsar, but only accused of disputes relating to the Jewish law. (Witham)_... [ Continue Reading ]
Felix being terrified, &c. When St. Paul spoke of God's judgments, and hinted at such sins as his conscience reproached him with. (Witham) --- Whoever knows the infamous character of Felix and Drusilla, will not fail to admire the apostle's fortitude, that he durst speak (as formerly John the Baptis... [ Continue Reading ]