In his humiliation his judgment was taken away — That is, when he was a man, he had no justice shown him. To take away a person's judgment, is a proverbial phrase for oppressing him. And who shall declare, or count his generation — That is, who can number his seed, Isaiah 53:10; which he hath purchased by laying down his life?
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Verse 33. _IN HIS HUMILIATION, HIS JUDGMENT WAS TAKEN AWAY_] He who was the _fountain of judgment_ and _justice_ had no justice shown him (_mercy_ he needed not) in _his humiliation_; viz. that time i...
IN HIS HUMILIATION - This varies from the Hebrew, but is copied exactly from the Septuagint, showing that he was reading the Septuagint. The Hebrew text is: “He was taken from prison and from judgment...
PART II The Witness to Samaria. Saul's Conversion and Peter's Witness in Caesarea. Chapter s 8-12 CHAPTER 8 _ 1. The first great persecution (Acts 8:1)._ 2. The preaching of the scattered believ...
PHILIP AND THE ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH. Philip appears again; we are not told where, but the instruction given him by the angel shows that he was not at Jerusalem; he is to go southward (_mg._ at noon; not s...
THE FIRST OF THE MARTYRS (Acts 7:54-60 ; Acts 8:1) 8:1 As they listened to this their very hearts were torn with vexation and they gnashed their teeth at him. But he was full of the Holy Spirit and h...
The angel of the Lord spoke to Philip and said, "Rise and go to the south by the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza; that is Gaza in the desert." So he arose and went. Now, look you, an Ethiop...
HUMILIATION. low estate. Referring to the whole period of His life on earth. Greek. _tapeinosis._ Only here, Luke 1:48; Philippians 1:3; Philippians 1:21.
_in his humiliation_, &c. The Hebrew text signifies "Through oppression and through judgement (i.e. punishment) he was taken away." _who shall declare his generation_?] i.e. who shall describe his co...
PHILIP BAPTIZES AN ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH...
ἘΝ ΤΗ͂Ι ΤΑΠΕΙΝΏΣΕΙ, _in His humiliation_. The Hebrew text signifies ‘through oppression and through judgment (i.e. punishment) he was taken away.’ ΤῊΝ ΓΕΝΕᾺΝ Κ.Τ.Λ., _who shall declare His generation...
_CHRIST IS PREACHED TO AN ETHIOPIAN ACTS 8:27-35:_ This account is the story of a preacher (Philip) and a sinner (the Ethiopian). When God said “go,” Philip went to do the will of the Heavenly Father....
ΉΡΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. от_ Α'ΊΡΩ (G142) подбирать, забирать, ΔΙΗΓΉΣΕΤΑΙ _fut. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΔΙΗΓΈΟΜΑΙ (G1334) рассказывать, передавать....
IN HIS HUMILIATION, &C.— This is the translation of the LXX. and, if it be admitted, seems to mean, that Jesus appeared in so humble a form, that though Pilate was convinced of his innocence, he seeme...
D. THE LATER WORK OF PHILIP. Acts 8:26-40. 1. ON THE ROAD FROM JERUSALEM TO GAZA. Acts 8:26-39. Acts 8:26 But an angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto th...
See notes on verse 31...
In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth. IN HIS HUMILIATION HIS JUDGMENT WAS TAKEN AWAY: AND WHO SHALL DECLARE HIS...
26 It is notable that the messenger, or angel, who spoke to Philip is also called "the spirit" (29) and "the spirit of the Lord" (39). This suggests that these expressions may refer to created beings...
IN HIS HUMILIATION HIS JUDGMENT WAS TAKEN AWAY] i.e. in the humiliation of His Passion, justice was denied Him by the Sanhedrin and by Pilate. AND WHO SHALL DECLARE HIS GENERATION?] i.e. and what lang...
PHILIP IN SAMARIA. SIMON MAGUS The graphic details of the ministry of Philip which follow, were doubtless obtained from Philip himself. St. Luke stayed at his house at Cæsarea, and made the acquaintan...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 8 SAUL *PERSECUTES THE CHRISTIANS, 8:1-4 V1 Saul approved of Stephen’s murder. That same day, the Christians in *Jerusalem suffered very much....
IN HIS HUMILIATION HIS JUDGMENT WAS TAKEN AWAY. — The Hebrew runs, as in the English version of Isaiah 53:8, which fairly represents its natural construction, “He was taken from prison (or _oppression...
ἐν τῇ ταπεινώσει κ. τ. λ., _cf._ Isaiah 53:7-8, “in his humiliation his judgment was taken away” (LXX), so A. and R.V., generally taken to mean by his humbling himself his judgment was cancelled, _cf....
WINNING A TRAVELER Acts 8:26-40 From the great city revival in Samaria Philip was led to the desert to minister to one seeking soul. It seems strange that God should be able to spare him from his bus...
The popular outburst against Christianity evidenced in the martyrdom of Stephen was general. Members of the Church at Jerusalem were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. How dark the day seemed to...
Preaching to the Ethiopian At this point, Luke told Theophilus that Philip was directed by an angel of the Lord to go south to a place along the Jerusalem to Gaza road where no people lived. When an i...
In his (l) humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his (m) generation? for his life is taken from the earth. (l) The Hebrew text reads it in this way, "out of a narrow strait,...
_As a sheep, or a lamb, &c. The eunuch, by divine Providence, was now reading the 53d chap. of Isaias, which is of Christ, and his sufferings. --- In humility his judgment was taken away. The sense se...
_“In his humiliation his judgment was taken away.”_ It is a significant fact that our Savior was killed by a cruel mob, stirred up and led by the preachers who stood at the head of the popular church,...
THE CONVERSION OF THE ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH 26-40. After the apostles have completed their Samaritan tour and returned to Jerusalem, leaving Philip surrounded by hosts of his converts pressing the battle,...
And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert. (27) And he arose and went: and, behold, a m...
We are now arrived at a turning-point in the history, not merely of the church, but of the unfolding of the truth of God, and the manifestation of His ways. The death of Stephen, therefore, has in var...
33._In his humility his judgment. _The eunuch had either the Greek volume, or else Luke did set down the reading which was then used, as he useth to do. The prophet saith that Christ was exalted out o...
Saul was present at Stephen's death, and consenting to it. [14] This is the end of the first phase of the assembly of God its history in immediate connection with Jerusalem and the Jews, as the centre...
IN HIS HUMILIATION HIS JUDGMENT WAS TAKEN AWAY,.... The humiliation, or low estate of Christ, lay in his assumption of human nature, with the weaknesses and imperfections of it; in the meanness of his...
In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth. Ver. 33. _His judgment was taken away_] That is, he was set safe from his e...
_The place_ Η περιοχη, _the portion_, or _paragraph, of the Scripture which he read was, He was led_, &c. These words were taken from Isaiah 53:8; where, that the prophet speaks of Christ, no Christia...
IN HIS HUMILIATION; this quotation is from the Septuagint, or Greek version of the Old Testament, which was probably the one that he used. JUDGMENT; justice was denied him, and he was unrighteously p...
The text from Isaiah:...
IN HIS HUMILIATION HIS JUDGMENT WAS TAKEN AWAY; AND WHO SHALL DECLARE HIS GENERATION? FOR HIS LIFE IS TAKEN FROM THE EARTH. Philip had followed the command of the angel; he had gone to the place to wh...
As a wild beast tasting blood, the Jews were the more inflamed by the martyrdom of Stephen to greatly persecute the Church of God at Jerusalem. For this reason believers were scattered through Judea a...
THE PLACE IN THE SCRIPTURE WHICH HE READ WAS THIS: "_ HE WAS LED AS A SHEEP TO THE SLAUGHTER; AND AS A LAMB BEFORE ITS SHEARER IS SILENT, SO HE OPENED NOT HIS MOUTH._ 33_ In His humiliation His_ _jus...
In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: His generation who shall declare? For his life is taken from the earth. 'IN HIS HUMILIATION HIS JUDGEMENT WAS TAKEN AWAY'-This is the Septuagint renderi...
26-40 Philip was directed to go to a desert. Sometimes God opens a door of opportunity to his ministers in very unlikely places. We should study to do good to those we come into company with by trave...
OLBGrk; IN HIS HUMILIATION; when our blessed Saviour was in his lowest condition, and the utmost degree of his exinanition; his soul being made a sacrifice for us, and suffering that desertion for a t...
Acts 8:33 In G1722 His G846 humiliation G5014 His G846 justice G2920 away G142 (G5681) And G1161 who...
‘Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this, “He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; And as a lamb before his shearer is dumb, So he opens not his mouth. In his humiliation his ju...
THE MINISTRY OF PHILIP TO THE ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH (8:26-39). Meanwhile God was now satisfied that the Samaritan church was sufficiently equipped to carry on and He calls Philip elsewhere to where there i...
Acts 8:33. IN HIS HUMILIATION HIS JUDGMENT WAS TAKEN AWAY. The Greek version of the LXX., from which the Ethiopian eunuch was reading, translates the Hebrew in this passage with very great freedom. Th...
WAS TAKEN AWAY (ηρθη). First aorist passive indicative of αιρω, to take away. It is not clear what the meaning is here either in the Hebrew or the LXX. Knowling suggests that the idea is that justi...
Acts 8:4. _Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word. Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them. And the people with one accord ga...
Stephen had been stoned to death; but with his latest breath he prayed for his murderers. Then this chapter begins: Acts 8:1. _And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a gre...
CONTENTS: Saul persecuting Christians. The first missionaries. The case of Simon, the sorcerer. Philip and the Ethiopian. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Saul, Stephen, Philip, Simon, apostles,...
Acts 8:1. _At that time there was a great persecution against the church._ With regard to this very tremendous storm which suddenly burst on the infant church, Cardinal Baronius, in his Ecclesiastical...
32-33. THE PASSAGE OF SCRIPTURE. Isaiah 53:7-8 from the Septuagint. This quotation from Isaiah shows the voluntary sacrifice which Christ would make; the wickedness and guilt of the people who killed...
_The place of the Scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter … Then Philip … began at the same Scripture and preached unto him Jesus._ PHILIP’S SERMON I. The text. “He...
_And Philip ran … and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?_ UNDERSTANDING THE WORD 1. Notice the preliminary fact that the Scriptures challenge investigation. “Let us reason together,” says I...
_And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go._ MAN VERSUS ANGEL Why didn’t the angel go himself? Because this was a mission where a man was worth more than an angel. In the Lor...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 8:18. AND WHEN SIMON SAW.—Most likely through hearing the baptised speak with tongues. HE OFFERED THEM MONEY.—From Simon’s name and proposal arose the expression “Simony” for...
EXPOSITION ACTS 8:1 _There arose on that day _for _at that time there was, _A.V._; in _for _at, _A.V. SAUL WAS CONSENTING TO HIS DEATH. St. Paul's repeated reference to this sad episode in his life i...
We are introduced now to one of the chief persecutors. A zealous young Jew, a Pharisee of the Pharisees, whose name is Saul. And he was standing by, consenting to the death of Stephen, holding the coa...
Daniel 9:26; Habakkuk 1:4; Isaiah 10:2; Isaiah 5:23; Isaiah 53:10;...
Humiliation. See on Matthew 11:29. Generation. His contemporaries. Who shall declare their wickedness ?...
THE ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH Acts 8:26 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The subject of our sermon today, is "The Ethiopian Eunuch." There is a wonderful vision of God given in the 68th Psalm. After the Prophet has ascrib...