Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary (4 vols)
Acts 13:28
Acts 13:28. And though they found no cause of death in him. They accused Jesus of blasphemy and sedition, but were utterly unable to prove either charge.
Acts 13:28. And though they found no cause of death in him. They accused Jesus of blasphemy and sedition, but were utterly unable to prove either charge.
Verse Acts 13:28. _THEY FOUND NO CAUSE OF DEATH IN HIM_] No reason why he should be condemned. Though they accused him of several things, yet they could not substantiate the most trifling charge again...
AND THOUGH THEY FOUND ... - They found no crime which deserved death. This is conclusively shown by the trial itself. After all their efforts; after the treason of Judas; after their employing false w...
PART III The Witness to the Gentiles. The Apostle to the Gentiles; his Ministry and Captivity. Chapter s 13-28 CHAPTER 13 _ 1. The Divine Choice. Barnabas and Saul separated unto the work (Acts 1...
THE SERMON AT PISIDIAN ANTIOCH. This is a specimen of Paul's missionary practice. In external matters it is true to the facts, yet the sermon is on the one hand so like the sermon of Peter (ch. 2) and...
THE FIRST MISSIONARY JOURNEY (Acts 13:1-3) Acts 13:1-52; Acts 14:1-28 tell the story of the first missionary journey. Paul and Barnabas set out from Antioch. Antioch was 15 miles up the River Orontes...
Then Paul stood up and made a gesture with his hand and said, "You Israelites, and you who are God-fearers, listen to this. The God of this people Israel chose out our fathers and he exalted the peopl...
THOUGH THEY. having. no. Greek. _medeis._ CAUSE. Greek. _aitia._ See John 18:38; John 19:4; John 19:6. SLAIN. Greek. _anaireo._ See note on...
_they found no cause of death in him_ These words are a part of the declaration of Pilate (Luke 23:22)....
PAUL’S SPEECH AT ANTIOCH...
ΚΑῚ ΜΗΔΕΜΊΑΝ ΑἸΤΊΑΝ ΘΑΝΆΤΟΥ ΕὙΡΌΝΤΕΣ, _and though they found no cause of death in Him_. These words are part of the declaration of Pilate (Luke 23:22)....
_PAUL'S POWERFUL SERMON AT ANTIOCH ACTS 13:14-41:_ At Perga in Pamphylia John Mark left Paul and Barnabas and went back to Jerusalem. Later, this would cause no small trouble between these brethren. W...
ΑΙΤΊΑ (G156) причина, обвинение; с _gen._ указывает на причину смертной казни (BAGD). ΕΎΡΌΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part., см._ Acts 13:6. Уступительное _part._ ("хотя"), ΉΤΉΣΑΝΤΟ _aor. ind. med., см._ Acts 1...
AT ANTIOCH OF PISIDIA. Acts 13:14-52. a. In the synagogue, the first sermon of Paul. Acts 13:1. Acts 13:14 But they, passing through from Perga, came to Antioch of Pisidia; and they went into the s...
See notes one verse 27...
And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain. AND THOUGH THEY FOUND NO CAUSE OF DEATH IN HIM - anxiously as they sought it (), "yet desired they...
13 John, doubtless, was at fault in thus deserting the apostles. But there seems to be a deeper reason for his defection. Being from Jerusalem, and a nephew of Barnabas, he represented the weakness of...
AGABUS] see Acts 21:10. GREAT DEARTH THROUGHOUT ALL THE WORLD] There was a severe famine in the fourth year of Claudius, 45 a.d., which affected both Judæa and Greece. To this St. Luke probably refers...
The Church of Antioch succours the Church of Jerusalem in time of famine. 27. Friendly-relations clearly prevailed between Jerusalem and Antioch, the former Church sending accredited prophets and teac...
ST. PAUL AS A MISSIONARY 1. Prophets] see on Acts 11:27. SIMEON THAT WAS CALLED NIGER] Niger was a Roman cognomen. LUCIUS OF CYRENE] doubtless one of those Cyrenians who first preached at Antioch (Act...
ANTIOCH OF PISIDIA. ST. PAUL'S SERMON IN THE SYNAGOGUE. The cities which the apostles now proceeded to evangelise (Pisidian Antioch, Iconium, Lystra, and Derbe) were situated in the southern part of t...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 13 THE *HOLY SPIRIT CHOOSES BARNABAS AND SAUL, 13:1-3 V1 There were some *prophets and teachers in the *church at Antioch. They were Barnabas,...
AND THOUGH THEY FOUND NO CAUSE OF DEATH IN HIM. — Technically, the Sanhedrin had condemned our Lord on the charge of blasphemy (Matthew 26:66), but they had been unable to prove the charge by any adeq...
CONDEMNED BY MEN BUT RAISED BY GOD Acts 13:25-37 For Paul the Resurrection was always the keystone of faith. He had taken particular care to assure himself of the reality of that foundation fact. In...
The first most distinctly missionary movement sprang from Antioch, and was independent of all official initiation. A company of those in Antioch sent Saul and Barnabas, and it is declared immediately...
Proclaiming the Gospel in Antioch of Pisidia Ash says they would have landed at the port of Attalia and then gone on the short distance to Perga. For some reason, John Mark decided to leave "Paul and...
Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent. (27) For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because the...
We now enter on the missionary journeys, as they are called, of the apostle Paul. The work, under the Spirit, opens to the glory of the Lord. Not merely are Gentiles met in grace and brought into the...
28._When as they found no cause of death. _It was very pertinent to the matter that they should know that Christ was put to death guiltless, for we could not have been justified by his death, if he ha...
We come now to the beginning of the direct history of the work, new in some important respects, that is, connected with Paul's mission by the immediate intervention of the Holy Ghost. It is not now Ch...
AND THOUGH THEY FOUND NO CAUSE OF DEATH IN HIM,.... That is, no crime that deserved death; they sought for such, but could find none; they suborned false witnesses, who brought charges against him, bu...
And though they found no cause of death _in him_, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain. Ver. 28. _See Trapp on "_ Mat 27:22 _"_...
_Men and brethren_ Even all you who are _children of the stock of Abraham_ Whether ye are my equals in years, or of more advanced age _And whosoever among you feareth God_ Of whatever family or nation...
NO CAUSE OF DEATH; no crime....
Prophecy fulfilled in the death of Jesus:...
AND THOUGH THEY FOUND NO CAUSE OF DEATH IN HIM, YET DESIRED THEY PILATE THAT HE SHOULD BE SLAIN....
From this time our attention is drawn particularly to the work of Saul, whose name is in this chapter changed to Paul, meaning "little," for one who is the most greatly used of God is, in his own esti...
AND THOUGH THEY FOUND NO CAUSE FOR DEATH _IN HIM,_ THEY ASKED PILATE THAT HE SHOULD BE PUT TO DEATH. 1. All they knew was that He was not following their leadership. They saw He was gaining many foll...
They found no ground for condemning Jesus even though they hired false witnesses. "It was not because they didn't try that the Jewish religious leaders could find no crime. They employed Judas to be....
14-31 When we come together to worship God, we must do it, not only by prayer and praise, but by the reading and hearing of the word of God. The bare reading of the Scriptures in public assemblies is...
THOUGH THEY FOUND NO CAUSE OF DEATH IN HIM; he was a Lamb without blemish; neither had he offended the rabble that was so slanderous against him, unless by such vast goodness and kindness towards them...
Hippolytus Refutation of All Heresies Book IV that the ancients imposed the names of received animals upon certain specified stars, for the purpose of knowing them better, not from any similarity of...
Acts 13:28 And G2532 found G2147 (G5631) no G3367 cause G156 death G2288 asked G154 (G5668) Pilate...
PAUL'S MESSAGE - PART 2. THROUGH A SERIES OF RULERS GOD HAS RAISED UP GREAT DAVID'S GREATER SON WHO DIED AND WAS RAISED AGAIN (13:20-37). In this section of his speech the emphasis is on God' provisio...
THE MINISTRY OF PAUL AND BARNABAS RESULTS IN THE COUNTER-ATTACK OF SATAN AND THE GATHERING AT JERUSALEM (13:1-15:35). Leaving Antioch under the direct commissioning of the Holy Spirit, in a parallel c...
PAUL AND HIS COMPANY PREACH IN PISIDIAN ANTIOCH. (13:13-52). Paul ‘and his company' (thus there were at least one or two others besides Mark) left Paphos and sailed across to Perga in Pamphylia. It wi...
PAUL'S MESSAGE (13:17-41). Paul's message divides into three parts. · In the first he declares the goodness and faithfulness of the One God, Who over long centuries, commencing with Abraham (‘chose o...
THOUGH THEY FOUND NO CAUSE OF DEATH (μηδεμιαν αιτιαν θανατου ευροντες). Second aorist active with usual negative of the participle. As a matter of fact the Sanhedrin did charge Jesus with blasphemy,...
Acts 13:14. _But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down. And after reading of the law and the prophets,_ From whi...
Acts 13:13. _Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem._ «John» that is, John Mark, as we see by chapter 15...
Acts 13:13. _Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia; and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem. But when they departed from Perga, they came to Anti...
CONTENTS: Paul and Barnabas called. Satanic opposition from a sorcerer. Paul's sermon in the synagogue at Antioch. Opposition from Jews. Paul and Barnabas turn to Gentiles. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Ho...
Acts 13:1. _The church that was at Antioch,_ which was counted one of the five apostolic churches. It is the true church by way of eminence, the synagogue having degenerated into a state of warfare wi...
FOR THE PEOPLE. Paul now explains the facts of the gospel. (1) Christ was rejected by the Jewish leaders; (2) the prophecies made to come true; (3) they force Pilate to kill him, even though they coul...
_Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia._ PERGA IN PAMPHYLIA Because Perga was little known Pamphylia is subjoined. It was an ancient city on the river Cest...
_The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers._ THE HOURS ON THE WORLD’S CLOCK 1. Moving slowly forward as the hours of the Eternal God, with whom a thousand years are as one day, and of the l...
_For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew Him not._ THE REJECTION OF CHRIST I. Its ground. 1. Ignorance of Christ Himself. (1) Of His Divine Sonship. (2) His mediator...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 13:1 The Witness in Cyprus and Southern Galatia. Chapters Acts 13:1 and Acts 14:1 re
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 13:16 Paul’s sermon consisted of three parts: a sketch of OT history (vv. Acts 13:16), God’s ultimate provision in Jesus Christ (vv....
_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,...
EXPOSITION ACTS 13:1 _At Antioch., in the Church that was there _for _in the Church that was at Antioch, _A.V.; _prophets, _etc., for _certain prophets, _etc., A.V. and T.R.; _Barnabas, _etc., for _a...
Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; Barnabas, Simeon that was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch,...
Acts 3:13; Acts 3:14; John 18:38; John 19:12; John 19:4;...
ELYMAS, PAULUS, AND PAUL Acts 13:7 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Barnabas and Saul and John Mark made up the party that journeyed together, as the Holy Ghost led them in the way. It was a strong party, and th...