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ACTS 8:33 tapeinw,sei @auvtou/#
The pronoun auvtou/, present in most witnesses, is absent from î74 a
A B 103 629 1642* 1739c vg _al_. Although such testimony in support of
the shorter text generally...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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_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...
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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...
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PHILIP BAPTIZES AN ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH...
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_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....
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ΉΡΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. от_ Α'ΊΡΩ (G142) подбирать,
забирать,
ΔΙΗΓΉΣΕΤΑΙ _fut. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΔΙΗΓΈΟΜΑΙ
(G1334) рассказывать, передавать....
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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...
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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...
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See notes on verse 31...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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_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...
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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,...
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_“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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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The text from Isaiah:...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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‘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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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_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...
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_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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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Daniel 9:26; Habakkuk 1:4; Isaiah 10:2; Isaiah 5:23; Isaiah 53:10;...
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Humiliation. See on Matthew 11:29.
Generation. His contemporaries. Who shall declare their wickedness ?...
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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...
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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
dec...