PART II THE CHURCH OF CHRIST AMONG THE GENTILES; OR, ITS PROGRESS FROM ANTIOCH TO ROME—THE ACTS OF PAUL Chapter S 13–28 CHAPTER 13 THE FIRST MISSIONARY JOURNEY (PAUL AND BARNABAS)—COMMENCED § 1. Barnabas and Saul at Antioch; or, the Departure of the First Gentile Missionaries (Acts 13:1). § 2.... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 13:1. IN THE CHURCH THAT WAS AT ANTIOCH.—Better _at_ or _in Antioch, in_ or _throughout_, or _for the benefit of the Church_, κατά having all these different meanings. CERTAIN should be omitted. PROPHETS (see on Acts 2:17) AND TEACHERS (1 Corinthians 12:28).—Named together (R... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 13:4. SELEUCIA.—“Civitas potens, sæpta muris neque in barbarum corrupta sed conditoris Seleucia retinens” (Tac, _An._, vi. 42). The port of Antioch, three miles west of the city and two hours’ journey from the month of the Orontes, was founded almost contemporaneously with A... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 13:13. PAUL AND HIS COMPANY.—Note the two changes—first of Saul’s name, which is henceforth Paul, and next of Paul’s position in the mission as leader rather than as follower, as principal rather than as subordinate. οἱ περὶ Παῦλον (compare αἱ περὶ Μάρθαν καὶ Μαριάμ, Textus... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 13:45. CONTRADICTING AND BLASPHEMING.—The best MSS. Omit “contradicting” (Lachmann, Westcott and Hort); but as it is neither superfluous nor Hebraistic (Hackett), and defines more exactly the nature of the opposition (Zöckler), it may be retained. Acts 13:46. IT WAS NECESSA... [ Continue Reading ]